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Thread #8784 Message #55595
Posted By: Steve Parkes
25-Jan-99 - 07:51 AM
Thread Name: Lyr/Tune Req: Paddy Works on the Railroad /Railway
Subject: RE: Paddy works on the Railroad
Tom King was a famous highwayman, contemporary with Dick Turpin. He usded to live in a house at the other end of Stonnall in Staffordshire from where I live now. Wonder if "Tom King" was intended as a slur on the "good" name of the contractor?