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Lighter	Origins: Paddy on the Railway (54* d)	RE: Origins: Paddy on the Railway	22 May 24
Charles H. Hughes of New Haven, Conn., wrote to the N.Y. Sun in June, 1909: "In 1858 the railway song was sung by everybody in the State of Rhode Island and all over New England. In 1865 I went to see in the western ocean trade, and one of the best sounds I ever heard was, 'Oh, poor Paddy, he works on the railway.' It was aboard the Celestial empire, Black X line, in transit for the Swallow Tail line, Captain John Tailor, known as Black Jack Tailor....Here is the old style: In 1845, when Daniel O'Connell he was alive, And Smith O'Brien, to my surprise, Was working n the railway, the railway, Oi'm weary of the railway, Oh, poor Paddy, he works on the railway. The song was used as a pumping chanty."

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