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Thread #8784   Message #3110845
Posted By: ossonflags
09-Mar-11 - 11:22 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Tune Req: Paddy Works on the Railroad /Railway
Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: Paddy works on the Railroad
Cheers BrooklynJay.That is a different version to the one I do, but will definatly have a go at that..

Very hard to find butI have just got this from a mate:

G………………….. (hold it)
In eighteen hundred and forty one....................

       G                                  D
Me corduoy britches i put on

      G……….
Me coorduroy britches i put on

    G          D          G    D
To work upon the railway

G    D
the railway

    G                   C    G
Im weary of the railway

         G                      D         G
Poor paddy worked on the railway


Chorus       G

G
I was wearing...............

G             D
corduroy britches

G            D
dogging ditches

G          D
pulling switches

G          D
making pitches

G       C          D          G
I was working on the railway



And that's all there is to it