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Thread #79368 Message #1437183
Posted By: Lighter
17-Mar-05 - 05:37 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Paddy on the Railway
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Paddy on the Railway
Masato, those Bodleian texts look like a different song. (There is a similar broadside published aound 1865 by De Marsan at American Memory.).
Mrr's version is close to the one I remember, but that had
"In 1800 and 45, I found myself more dead than alive."
"In 1800 and 46, I changed my trade to carryin' bricks."
"In 1800 and 48, I learned to take me whiskey nate."
There must have been an "1800 and 44" as well, but I can't recall it.