In eighteen hundred and forty-one
Paddy O'Connor he first begun
Paddy O'Connor he first begun
To work upon the railway, the railway
I'm weary of the railway
Poor Paddy works on the railway

In eighteen hundred and forty-two
With Daniel O'Connell he could not go
With Daniel O'Connell he could not go
To work upon the railway, the railway
I'm weary of the railway
Poor Paddy works on the railway

Sung by Captain Mark Page (born 1835) on Dictaphone cylinder 1929 for JM Carpenter. Probably the only recording (Folktrax 142) of the song by a singer who was actually alive before the events mentioned in the song