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In eighteen hundred and forty-one |
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The corduroy breeches I put on |
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Me corduroy breeches I put on |
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To work upon the railway, the railway |
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I'm weary of the railway |
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Poor Paddy works on the railway |
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In eighteen hundred and forty-two |
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From Hartlepool I moved to Crewe |
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Found myself a job to do |
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A working on the railway |
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I was wearing corduroy breeches |
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Digging ditches, pulling switches |
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Dodging pitches, as I was |
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Working on the Railway |
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In eighteen hundred and forty-three |
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I broke the shovel across me knee |
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I went to work for the company |
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On the Leeds to Selby railway |
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I was wearing corduroy breeches |
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Digging ditches, pulling switches |
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Dodging pitches, as I was |
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Working on the Railway |
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In eighteen hundred and forty-four |
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I landed on the Liverpool shore |
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My belly was empty me hands were raw |
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With working on the railway, the railway |
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I'm sick to my guts of the railway |
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Poor Paddy works on the railway |
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In eighteen hundred and forty-five |
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When Danny O'Connell he was alive |
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When Danny O'Connell he was alive |
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And working on the railway |
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I was wearing corduroy breeches |
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Digging ditches, pulling switches |
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Dodging pitches, as I was |
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Working on the Railway |
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In eighteen hundred and forty-six |
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I changed my trade to carrying bricks |
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I changed my trade to carrying bricks |
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For working on the railway |
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I was wearing corduroy breeches |
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Digging ditches, pulling switches |
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Dodging pitches, as I was |
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Working on the Railway |
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In eighteen hundred and forty-seven |
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Poor Paddy was thinking of going to Heaven |
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The old bugger was thinking of going to Heaven |
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To work upon the railway, the railway |
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I'm sick to my death of the railway |
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Poor Paddy works on the railway |
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I was wearing corduroy breeches |
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Digging ditches, pulling switches |
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Dodging pitches, as I was |
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Working on the Railway |
