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Poor Paddy works on the Railway

Found in Poor_Paddy_works_on_the_Railway.abc from the John Chambers abc collection
Poor Paddy works on the Railway - staff notation
X:1
T:Poor Paddy works on the Railway
B:S Hugill, 1994, Shanties from the Seven Seas,Mystic Seaport Museum, Conn.
Z:Stan Hugill
Q:1/4=120     %Tempo
M:6/8     %Meter
L:1/8     %
K:F
c2 B |A2 A AGF |A2 B c2 c |FFF B2 A | GFG HC
w:Oh, in eight-een hun-dred an' for-ty one, Me dung-ga-ree breech-es I_ put on,
cB |AAA AGF |A2 B c2 A |B2 A G2 F |G2 F E2
w:Oh me dun-ga-ree breech-_es I put one, To work up-on the rail- way,_
 D |E2 D HC2 C |E2 F G2 A |B2 d Hc
w: The rail-_way, I'm wear-y of the rail-_way,
cB |AGF GFE |F2 F  |]
w:Oh poor Pad-dy_ works on the rail-way.

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