In Eighteen Hundred and Forty One
They put me corduroy britches on
They put me corduroy britches on
To work upon the railway.
In Eighteen Hundred and Forty-two
I left the old world for the new
Bad cess to the luck that brought me through
To work upon the railway.
In Eighteen Hundred and Forty-three,
Twas then I met sweet Biddy McGee.
An elegant wife she's been to me,
While working on the railway.
Filli-me-oo-ree-oo-ree-ay
Filli-me-oo-ree-oo-ree-ay
Filli-me-oo-ree-oo-ree-ay
To work upon the railway.
In Eighteen Hundred and Forty-four
I traveled the land from shore to shore
I traveled the land from shore to shore
While working on the railway.
Filli-me-oo-ree-oo-ree-ay
Filli-me-oo-ree-oo-ree-ay
Filli-me-oo-ree-oo-ree-ay
To work upon the railway.
In Eighteen Hundred and Forty-five
When Dan O'Connel was alive
When Dan O'Connel was alive
I worked upon the railway.
Filli-me-oo-ree-oo-ree-ay
Filli-me-oo-ree-oo-ree-ay
Filli-me-oo-ree-oo-ree-ay
To work upon the railway.
It's Pat do this and Pat do that,
Without a stocking or cravat
And nothing but an old straw hat
I worked on the railway.
Filli-me-oo-ree-oo-ree-ay
Filli-me-oo-ree-oo-ree-ay
Filli-me-oo-ree-oo-ree-ay
To work upon the railway.
In Eighteen Hundred and Forty-six
They pelted me with stones and sticks
I was in an awful fix
While working on the railway.
Filli-me-oo-ree-oo-ree-ay
Filli-me-oo-ree-oo-ree-ay
Filli-me-oo-ree-oo-ree-ay
To work upon the railway.
Now in Eighteen Hundred and Forty-seven
Biddy McGee she went to heaven
Ere she did she left eleven
To work upon the railway.
Filli-me-oo-ree-oo-ree-ay
Filli-me-oo-ree-oo-ree-ay
Filli-me-oo-ree-oo-ree-ay
To work upon the railway.
Filli-me-oo-ree-oo-ree-ay
Filli-me-oo-ree-oo-ree-ay
Filli-me-oo-ree-oo-ree-ay
To work upon the railway.