Lyrics and translation The Pogues - Poor Paddy
(The
Pogues′
Version)
(Version
des
Pogues)
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In
eighteen
hundred
and
forty-one
En
mille
huit
cent
quarante
et
un,
The
corduroy
breeches
I
put
on
J'ai
enfilé
ma
culotte
de
velours,
Me
corduroy
breeches
I
put
on
J'ai
enfilé
ma
culotte
de
velours,
To
work
upon
the
railway,
the
railway
Pour
travailler
sur
le
chemin
de
fer,
le
chemin
de
fer,
I'm
weary
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-two
En
mille
huit
cent
quarante-deux,
From
Hartlepool
I
moved
to
Crewe
De
Hartlepool,
j'ai
déménagé
à
Crewe,
Found
myself
a
job
to
do
J'ai
trouvé
un
travail
à
faire,
A
working
on
the
railway
Travailler
sur
le
chemin
de
fer.
I
was
wearing
corduroy
breeches
Je
portais
une
culotte
de
velours,
Digging
ditches,
pulling
switches
Creusant
des
fossés,
actionnant
des
aiguillages,
Dodging
pitches,
as
I
was
Esquivant
les
lancers,
comme
je
le
faisais,
Working
on
the
Railway
Travaillant
sur
le
chemin
de
fer.
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
le
chemin
de
fer
de
Leeds
à
Selby.
I
was
wearing
corduroy
breeches
Je
portais
une
culotte
de
velours,
Digging
ditches,
pulling
switches
Creusant
des
fossés,
actionnant
des
aiguillages,
Dodging
pitches,
as
I
was
Esquivant
les
lancers,
comme
je
le
faisais,
Working
on
the
Railway
Travaillant
sur
le
chemin
de
fer.
In
eighteen
hundred
and
forty-four
En
mille
huit
cent
quarante-quatre,
I
landed
on
the
Liverpool
shore
J'ai
atterri
sur
la
côte
de
Liverpool,
My
belly
was
empty
me
hands
were
raw
Mon
ventre
était
vide,
mes
mains
étaient
à
vif,
With
working
on
the
railway,
the
railway
A
force
de
travailler
sur
le
chemin
de
fer,
le
chemin
de
fer,
I′m
sick
to
my
guts
of
the
railway
J'en
ai
ras
le
bol
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
vivant,
When
Daniel
O'Connell
he
was
alive
Quand
Daniel
O'Connell
était
vivant,
And
working
on
the
railway
Et
travaillant
sur
le
chemin
de
fer.
I
was
wearing
corduroy
breeches
Je
portais
une
culotte
de
velours,
Digging
ditches,
pulling
switches
Creusant
des
fossés,
actionnant
des
aiguillages,
Dodging
pitches,
as
I
was
Esquivant
les
lancers,
comme
je
le
faisais,
Working
on
the
Railway
Travaillant
sur
le
chemin
de
fer.
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
transporter
des
briques,
I
changed
my
trade
to
carrying
bricks
J'ai
changé
de
métier
pour
transporter
des
briques,
To
work
upon
the
railway
Pour
travailler
sur
le
chemin
de
fer.
I
was
wearing
corduroy
breeches
Je
portais
une
culotte
de
velours,
Digging
ditches,
pulling
switches
Creusant
des
fossés,
actionnant
des
aiguillages,
Dodging
pitches,
as
I
was
Esquivant
les
lancers,
comme
je
le
faisais,
Working
on
the
Railway
Travaillant
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
Le
pauvre
Paddy
pensait
aller
au
Paradis,
The
old
bugger
was
thinking
of
going
to
Heaven
Le
vieux
bougre
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
marre
du
chemin
de
fer.
Poor
Paddy
works
on
the
railway
Pauvre
Paddy
travaille
sur
le
chemin
de
fer.
I
was
wearing
corduroy
breeches
Je
portais
une
culotte
de
velours,
Digging
ditches,
pulling
switches
Creusant
des
fossés,
actionnant
des
aiguillages,
Dodging
pitches,
as
I
was
Esquivant
les
lancers,
comme
je
le
faisais,
Working
on
the
Railway
Travaillant
sur
le
chemin
de
fer.
(Paddy
Works
on
the
Railway)
(Paddy
travaille
sur
le
chemin
de
fer)
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In
eighteen
hundred
and
forty-one
En
mille
huit
cent
quarante
et
un,
My
corduroy
breeches
I
put
on
J'ai
enfilé
ma
culotte
de
velours,
My
corduroy
breeches
I
put
on
J'ai
enfilé
ma
culotte
de
velours,
To
work
upon
the
railway,
the
railway
Pour
travailler
sur
le
chemin
de
fer,
le
chemin
de
fer,
I′m
weary
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-two
En
mille
huit
cent
quarante-deux,
I
didn't
know
what
I
should
do
Je
ne
savais
pas
ce
que
je
devais
faire,
I
didn′t
know
what
I
should
do
Je
ne
savais
pas
ce
que
je
devais
faire,
To
work
upon
the
railway,
the
railway
Pour
travailler
sur
le
chemin
de
fer,
le
chemin
de
fer,
I'm
weary
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-three
En
mille
huit
cent
quarante-trois,
I
sailed
away
across
the
sea
J'ai
navigué
à
travers
la
mer,
I
sailed
away
across
the
sea
J'ai
navigué
à
travers
la
mer,
To
work
upon
the
railway,
the
railway
Pour
travailler
sur
le
chemin
de
fer,
le
chemin
de
fer,
I′m
weary
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-four
En
mille
huit
cent
quarante-quatre,
I
landed
on
Columbia's
shore
J'ai
débarqué
sur
la
côte
de
la
Colombie,
I
landed
on
Columbia′s
shore
J'ai
débarqué
sur
la
côte
de
la
Colombie,
To
work
upon
the
railway,
the
railway
Pour
travailler
sur
le
chemin
de
fer,
le
chemin
de
fer,
I'm
weary
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
vivant,
When
Daniel
O′Connell
he
was
alive
Quand
Daniel
O'Connell
était
vivant,
To
work
upon
the
railway,
the
railway
Pour
travailler
sur
le
chemin
de
fer,
le
chemin
de
fer,
I′m
weary
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-six
En
mille
huit
cent
quarante-six,
I
made
my
trade
to
carrying
bricks
J'ai
fait
mon
métier
de
transporter
des
briques,
I
made
my
trade
to
carrying
bricks
J'ai
fait
mon
métier
de
transporter
des
briques,
To
work
upon
the
railway,
the
railway
Pour
travailler
sur
le
chemin
de
fer,
le
chemin
de
fer,
I'm
weary
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-seven
En
mille
huit
cent
quarante-sept,
Poor
Paddy
was
thinking
of
going
to
Heaven
Le
pauvre
Paddy
pensait
aller
au
Paradis,
Poor
Paddy
was
thinking
of
going
to
Heaven
Le
pauvre
Paddy
pensait
aller
au
Paradis,
To
work
upon
the
railway,
the
railway
Pour
travailler
sur
le
chemin
de
fer,
le
chemin
de
fer,
I′m
weary
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-eight
En
mille
huit
cent
quarante-huit,
I
learned
to
drink
my
whiskey
straight
J'ai
appris
à
boire
mon
whisky
sec,
I
learned
to
drink
my
whiskey
straight
J'ai
appris
à
boire
mon
whisky
sec,
To
work
upon
the
railway,
the
railway
Pour
travailler
sur
le
chemin
de
fer,
le
chemin
de
fer,
I'm
weary
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.
Rate the translation
1
Sally MacLennane
2 Thousands Are Sailing
3 Fairytale of New York
4 Hell's Ditch
5 Summer In Siam
6 Boys from the County Hell
7 The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn
8 If I Should Fall from Grace With God
9 Metropolis
10 Dirty Old Town
11 The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
12 A Pair Of Brown Eyes
13 Fiesta
14 Transmetropolitan
15 Boat Train
16 The Auld Triangle
17 Sea Shanty
18 Billy's Bones
19 South Australia
20 Dark Streets of London
21 Young Ned Of The Hill
22 White City
23 Lullaby of London
24 The Old Main Drag
25 The Broad Majestic Shannon
26 Fairytale of New York
27 I'm A Man You Don't Meet Every Day
28 Down In the Ground Where the Deadmen Go
29 London You're A Lady
30 Lorca's Novena
31 Five Green Queens and Jean
32 Sit Down By the Fire
33 Worms
34 Misty Morning, Albert Bridge
35 Cotton Fields
36 Blue Heaven
37 Down All The Days
38 USA
39 Lorelei
40 Tombstone
41 House of the Gods
42 The Wake of the Medusa
43 Rainbow Man
44 Rain Street
45 Streets of Sorrow / Birmingham Six
46 The Ghost of a Smile
47 Sayonara
48 The Sunnyside of the Street
49 Night Train To Lorca
50 Six to Go
51 Medley: the Recruiting Sergeant / the Rocky Road to Dublin / Galway Races
52 Waxie's Dargle
53 Streams of Whiskey
54 Poor Paddy
55 Greenland Whale Fisheries
56 Kitty
57 Bottle of Smoke
58 Turkish Song of the Damned
59 Navigator
60 Jesse James
61 The Gentleman Soldier
62 The Battle March Medley
63 Gridlock
64 Maidrin Rua
65 The Battle of Brisbane
66 Dingle Regatta
67 Wild Cats Of Kilkenny
68 A Pistol For Paddy Garcia
2 Thousands Are Sailing
3 Fairytale of New York
4 Hell's Ditch
5 Summer In Siam
6 Boys from the County Hell
7 The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn
8 If I Should Fall from Grace With God
9 Metropolis
10 Dirty Old Town
11 The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
12 A Pair Of Brown Eyes
13 Fiesta
14 Transmetropolitan
15 Boat Train
16 The Auld Triangle
17 Sea Shanty
18 Billy's Bones
19 South Australia
20 Dark Streets of London
21 Young Ned Of The Hill
22 White City
23 Lullaby of London
24 The Old Main Drag
25 The Broad Majestic Shannon
26 Fairytale of New York
27 I'm A Man You Don't Meet Every Day
28 Down In the Ground Where the Deadmen Go
29 London You're A Lady
30 Lorca's Novena
31 Five Green Queens and Jean
32 Sit Down By the Fire
33 Worms
34 Misty Morning, Albert Bridge
35 Cotton Fields
36 Blue Heaven
37 Down All The Days
38 USA
39 Lorelei
40 Tombstone
41 House of the Gods
42 The Wake of the Medusa
43 Rainbow Man
44 Rain Street
45 Streets of Sorrow / Birmingham Six
46 The Ghost of a Smile
47 Sayonara
48 The Sunnyside of the Street
49 Night Train To Lorca
50 Six to Go
51 Medley: the Recruiting Sergeant / the Rocky Road to Dublin / Galway Races
52 Waxie's Dargle
53 Streams of Whiskey
54 Poor Paddy
55 Greenland Whale Fisheries
56 Kitty
57 Bottle of Smoke
58 Turkish Song of the Damned
59 Navigator
60 Jesse James
61 The Gentleman Soldier
62 The Battle March Medley
63 Gridlock
64 Maidrin Rua
65 The Battle of Brisbane
66 Dingle Regatta
67 Wild Cats Of Kilkenny
68 A Pistol For Paddy Garcia
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