Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WORKING ON THE RAILWAY, by ANONYMOUS First Line: In eighteen hundred and forty-one Last Line: To work upon the machinery / in the sub-terranean railway Subject(s): Railroads; Railways;trains | ||||||||
In eighteen hundred and forty-one I put my corduroy breeches on, I put my corduroy breeches on To work upon the railway. For-o-my-or-o-my-or-o-my-ay, For-o-my-or-o-my-or-o-my ay, For-o-my-or-o-my-or-o-my-ay, To work upon the railway. In eighteen hundred and forty-two I left the old world for the new, The emigrationists put me through, To work upon the railway. In eighteen hundred and forty-three, 'Twas first I met sweet Biddy McGee, And an iligant wife she's been to me While working on the railway. In eighteen hundred and forty-four, It left me where I was before; Bad cess to luck that brought me o'er To work upon the railway. In eighteen hundred and forty-five, Dan O'Connell was then alive, And Teddy McGuinness to my surprise Was working on the railway. In eighteen hundred and forty-six, I got meself in the divils' own fix For callin' some gents a parcel o' micks, As works upon the railway. In eighteen hundred and forty-seven, Sweet Biddy McGee has gone to heaven, If she left one child she left eleven To work upon the railway. In eighteen hundred and forty-eight, I learned to take my whiskey straight. 'Tis a beautiful drink and can't be bate For working on the railway. In eighteen hundred and fifty-two, My earthly career is almost through, And there's nothing on earth that I can do But work upon the railway. In eighteen hundred and fifty-three, The imps and the divil they took me To work upon the machinery In the Sub-terranean Railway. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RAILWAY by ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER BENSON WHAT WE DID TO WHAT WE WERE by PHILIP LEVINE BURYING GROUND BY THE TIES by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH WAY-STATION by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH TWILIGHT TRAIN by EILEEN MYLES THE CAVEMAN ON THE TRAIN by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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