Lyrics and translation The Pogues - Poor Paddy On the Railway (Live At the Olympia, Paris In 2012)
Poor Paddy On the Railway (Live At the Olympia, Paris In 2012)
Pauvre Paddy sur le chemin de fer (Live au Olympia, Paris en 2012)
In
eighteen
hundred
and
forty-one
En
mille
huit
cent
quarante
et
un
The
corduroy
breeches
I
put
on
J'ai
enfilé
mon
pantalon
en
velours
côtelé
Me
corduroy
breeches
I
put
on
Mon
pantalon
en
velours
côtelé
que
j'ai
mis
To
work
upon
the
railway,
the
railway
Pour
travailler
sur
la
voie
ferrée,
la
voie
ferrée
I′m
weary
of
the
railway
Je
suis
las
de
la
voie
ferrée
Poor
Paddy
works
on
the
railway
Pauvre
Paddy
travaille
sur
la
voie
ferrée
In
eighteen
hundred
and
forty-two
En
mille
huit
cent
quarante-deux
From
Hartlepool
I
moved
to
Crewe
J'ai
déménagé
de
Hartlepool
à
Crewe
Found
myself
a
job
to
do
J'ai
trouvé
un
travail
à
faire
A
working
on
the
railway
Travailler
sur
la
voie
ferrée
I
was
wearing
corduroy
breeches
Je
portais
un
pantalon
en
velours
côtelé
Digging
ditches,
pulling
switches
Creuser
des
fossés,
tirer
des
aiguilles
Dodging
pitches,
as
I
was
Esquiver
les
coups,
comme
je
l'étais
Working
on
the
railway
Travailler
sur
la
voie
ferrée
In
eighteen
hundred
and
forty-three
En
mille
huit
cent
quarante-trois
I
broke
the
shovel
across
me
knee
J'ai
cassé
la
pelle
sur
mon
genou
I
went
to
work
for
the
company
Je
suis
allé
travailler
pour
la
compagnie
On
the
Leeds
to
Selby
railway
Sur
la
voie
ferrée
de
Leeds
à
Selby
I
was
wearing
corduroy
breeches
Je
portais
un
pantalon
en
velours
côtelé
Digging
ditches,
pulling
switches
Creuser
des
fossés,
tirer
des
aiguilles
Dodging
pitches,
as
I
was
Esquiver
les
coups,
comme
je
l'étais
Working
on
the
railway
Travailler
sur
la
voie
ferrée
In
eighteen
hundred
and
forty-four
En
mille
huit
cent
quarante-quatre
I
landed
on
the
Liverpool
shore
J'ai
débarqué
sur
les
rives
de
Liverpool
My
belly
was
empty
me
hands
were
raw
Mon
ventre
était
vide,
mes
mains
étaient
brutes
With
working
on
the
railway,
the
railway
Avec
le
travail
sur
la
voie
ferrée,
la
voie
ferrée
I'm
sick
to
my
guts
of
the
railway
Je
suis
malade
du
ventre
de
la
voie
ferrée
Poor
Paddy
works
on
the
railway
Pauvre
Paddy
travaille
sur
la
voie
ferrée
In
eighteen
hundred
and
forty-five
En
mille
huit
cent
quarante-cinq
When
Daniel
O′Connell
he
was
alive
Lorsque
Daniel
O′Connell
était
en
vie
When
Daniel
O'Connell
he
was
alive
Lorsque
Daniel
O'Connell
était
en
vie
And
working
on
the
railway
Et
travaillant
sur
la
voie
ferrée
I
was
wearing
corduroy
breeches
Je
portais
un
pantalon
en
velours
côtelé
Digging
ditches,
pulling
switches
Creuser
des
fossés,
tirer
des
aiguilles
Dodging
pitches,
as
I
was
Esquiver
les
coups,
comme
je
l'étais
Working
on
the
railway
Travailler
sur
la
voie
ferrée
In
eighteen
hundred
and
forty-six
En
mille
huit
cent
quarante-six
I
changed
my
trade
to
carrying
bricks
J'ai
changé
de
métier
pour
porter
des
briques
I
changed
my
trade
to
carrying
bricks
J'ai
changé
de
métier
pour
porter
des
briques
To
work
upon
the
railway
Pour
travailler
sur
la
voie
ferrée
I
was
wearing
corduroy
breeches
Je
portais
un
pantalon
en
velours
côtelé
Digging
ditches,
pulling
switches
Creuser
des
fossés,
tirer
des
aiguilles
Dodging
pitches,
as
I
was
Esquiver
les
coups,
comme
je
l'étais
Working
on
the
railway
Travailler
sur
la
voie
ferrée
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
la
voie
ferrée,
la
voie
ferrée
I'm
sick
to
my
death
of
the
railway
Je
suis
malade
à
mourir
de
la
voie
ferrée
Poor
paddy
works
on
the
railway
Pauvre
Paddy
travaille
sur
la
voie
ferrée
I
was
wearing
corduroy
breeches
Je
portais
un
pantalon
en
velours
côtelé
Digging
ditches,
pulling
switches
Creuser
des
fossés,
tirer
des
aiguilles
Dodging
pitches,
as
I
was
Esquiver
les
coups,
comme
je
l'étais
Working
on
the
railway
Travailler
sur
la
voie
ferrée
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Writer(s): Shane Macgowan
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