Lyrics and translation The Pogues - Poor Paddy On the Railway (BBC David 'Kid' Jensen Show June 21st 1984)
In
eighteen
hundred
and
forty-one
En
mille
huit
cent
quarante
et
un
Me
corduroy
breeches
I
put
on
Mes
culottes
de
velours
côtelé,
je
les
ai
enfilées
Me
corduroy
breeches
I
put
on
Mes
culottes
de
velours
côtelé,
je
les
ai
enfilées
To
work
upon
the
railway,
the
railway
Pour
travailler
sur
le
chemin
de
fer,
le
chemin
de
fer
I′m
weary
of
the
railway
Je
suis
las
du
chemin
de
fer
Poor
Paddy
works
on
the
railway
Pauvre
Paddy
travaille
sur
le
chemin
de
fer
In
eighteen
hundred
and
forty-two
En
mille
huit
cent
quarante-deux
From
Hartlepool
I
moved
to
Crewe
De
Hartlepool,
je
suis
allé
à
Crewe
Found
meself
a
job
to
do
J'ai
trouvé
un
travail
à
faire
Working
on
the
railway
Travailler
sur
le
chemin
de
fer
I
was
wearing
corduroy
breeches
Je
portais
des
culottes
de
velours
côtelé
Digging
ditches,
pulling
stitches,
Creuser
des
fossés,
tirer
des
points,
Dancing
on
the
line
Danser
sur
la
ligne
Still
working
on
the
railway
Toujours
en
train
de
travailler
sur
le
chemin
de
fer
In
eighteen
hundred
and
forty-three
En
mille
huit
cent
quarante-trois
I
broke
me
shovel
across
me
knee
J'ai
cassé
ma
pelle
sur
mon
genou
And
went
to
work
for
the
company
Et
je
suis
allé
travailler
pour
la
compagnie
On
the
Leeds
to
Selby
railway
Sur
le
chemin
de
fer
Leeds-Selby
In
eighteen
hundred
and
forty-four
En
mille
huit
cent
quarante-quatre
I
landed
on
the
Liverpool
shore
J'ai
débarqué
sur
la
côte
de
Liverpool
Me
belly
was
empty,
me
hands
were
raw
Mon
ventre
était
vide,
mes
mains
étaient
rugueuses
With
working
on
the
railway,
the
railway
Avec
le
travail
sur
le
chemin
de
fer,
le
chemin
de
fer
I'm
sick
to
my
guts
of
the
railway
J'en
ai
assez
du
chemin
de
fer
Poor
Paddy
works
on
the
railway
Pauvre
Paddy
travaille
sur
le
chemin
de
fer
In
eighteen
hundred
and
forty-five
En
mille
huit
cent
quarante-cinq
When
Daniel
O′Connell
he
was
alive
Quand
Daniel
O′Connell
était
en
vie
When
Daniel
O'Connell
he
was
alive
Quand
Daniel
O'Connell
était
en
vie
And
working
on
the
railway
Et
en
train
de
travailler
sur
le
chemin
de
fer
In
eighteen
hundred
and
forty-six
En
mille
huit
cent
quarante-six
I
changed
me
trade
to
carrying
bricks
J'ai
changé
de
métier
pour
porter
des
briques
Changed
me
trade
to
carrying
bricks
J'ai
changé
de
métier
pour
porter
des
briques
Still
working
on
the
railway
Toujours
en
train
de
travailler
sur
le
chemin
de
fer
In
eighteen
hundred
and
forty-seven
En
mille
huit
cent
quarante-sept
Poor
Paddy
was
thinking
of
going
to
Heaven
Pauvre
Paddy
pensait
aller
au
paradis
The
old
bugger
was
thinking
of
going
to
Heaven
Le
vieux
salaud
pensait
aller
au
paradis
To
work
upon
the
railway,
the
railway
Pour
travailler
sur
le
chemin
de
fer,
le
chemin
de
fer
I'm
sick
to
my
death
of
the
railway
J'en
ai
assez
de
mourir
sur
le
chemin
de
fer
Poor
Paddy
works
on
the
railway
Pauvre
Paddy
travaille
sur
le
chemin
de
fer
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17 Johnny Come Lately (Live 1989)
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34 Fiesta
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36 Boys from the County Hell
37 Four O'Clock in the Morning
38 All the Tears That I Cried (From the Cd Single 'My Affair')
39 The One and Only (From the Album 'Electric Landlady')
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60 Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah - 12" Single Remix
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72 The Travelling People - Rehearsal Recording
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