Key: F major•
Verse 1
one
Bb
F
Me corduroy breeches I put on
Bb
F
Me corduroy breeches I put on
Verse 2
Gm
Bb
F
railway, the railway
Bb
F
Im weary of the railway
Bb
C
F
Poor Paddy works on the railway
In eighteen hundred and forty- two
From Hartlepool I moved to Crewe
Found meself a job to do
C
F
Working on the railway
I was wearing corduroy breeches
Digging ditches, pulling stitches,
Dancing on the line
C
F
Still working on the railway
In eighteen hundred and forty- three
I broke me shovel across
me knee
C
F
On the Leeds to Selby railway
Verse 3
F
C
F
In eighteen hundred
and forty- four
Bb
F
I landed on the Liverpool shore
Bb
F
Me belly was empty, me hands were raw
Eb
Bb
F
With working on the railway, the railway
Bb
F
Im sick to my guts of the railway
Bb
C
F
Poor Paddy works on the railway
When Daniel OConnell he was alive
When Daniel OConnell he
was alive
C
F
And working on the railway
C
F
In eighteen hundred and forty- six
I changed me trade to carrying bricks
Changed me trade to carrying
bricks
C
F
C
F
Still working on the railway
In eighteen hundred and forty- seven
Poor Paddy was thinking of
Bb
F
going to Heaven
The old bugger was thinking
Bb
F
of going to Heaven
Bb
Eb
To work upon the railway,
Bb
F
the railway
Bb
F
Im sick to my death of the railway
Bb
C
F
Poor Paddy works on the railway
Bb
C
F
C
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF Bb Gm C Eb
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