The Pogues- Poor Paddy On The Railway

[Crazy1406813]

My boyfriend got me in to this song love it

[Ninsimanimebabe]

My dad used to sing this to me when I was little! I'm so glad I remembered the name of the song and looked it up.

[sionnyn]

Anyone know where I can listen to the Sinead o'connor version of this? I only heard it once, about 15 years ago, on Arena.

[jpg22222]

loves shane surprised he still alive! keep up they pints of wine bristol rovers fc

[ahamiltonxx1]

My singing teacher showed this song to me when I was 11 years old and we used to sing it together. 8 years later and that memory is still as strong as ever. This is a wonderful song.

[KurtMcGowan]

Love the loud/quiet dynamics of this. Great song to sing! x

[genericxanex]

I come from Appalachia and have always been told we descended from Scotch Irish, which were were people who were Irish who moved th Scotland, and were hated there, so the were outcasts from both Ireland and Scotland. The salt of the Earth. I was embarrassed to be a Hillbilly from WV when I was young, now I'm kinda proud of it. I've learned that the way we mis-pronounce some words such as "deesh" instead of dish is because of where we came, We don't go fishing, we go a feeshin' lol!

[MrRN222]

Love the song, as I do all their music !

[dunstanofgreen]

So what's the new box set this version is on?

[Nhurm]

crackin fotties

[match9441]

drove spikes and laid rail tamped the ties did it all for nine years.nothing like it

[wheresmyparade]

Uum never mind... I decided not to be lazy. The box set has this version, right?

[wheresmyparade]

How do I get this version of Poor Paddy?? I have the newer Red Roses For Me, and this is not the same song?? I love this version as much!!! So, my question is (a long winded way of asking, too) where can I find this one?

[vicofdibchic]

Im in a folk band and we use this song but we do it differently! : )

[i1killed2god3]

Why does this sound exactly like The Decemberists?

[ohio2112]

@i1killed2god3 I don't know why it would. This song was released in 1984 on the Red Roses for me album and the Decemberists didn't even form as a band until 2000. 

[theRADteepee]

@i1killed2god3 because your ears are fucked.

[JSharp911]

@i1killed2god3 dont know, but memebers from the decemberists have a cover band of the pogues called kmria

[GuardianOfScotland33]

My old granda worked on the railways ....and he was Irish , from Donegal .

[tradmadlad]

so different to the luke kelly version

[Comfortably223Numb]

Oh man, I love the Pogues!



[Brendybounce]

Portcak- This song is related to Irishmen that worked on the railway in mainland Britain, your obviously not a real Pogues fan, behave yourself my friend!

[Badnewsbroad]

:) so cherry!

[pattysmallz90]

2nd encore in Boston last night. Fucking right!

[chrisnixon16]

did you know shane mcgowen was sober when he sang this?:)

[portercak]

The irish fled there homeland to escape the iron fist and murder and brutality of the british empire.Only to do the exact same thing to the native american people....

[LaMottaVSKeane]

@portercak in fairness the NA population was decimated long before most Irish people emigrated to the US(the 1840's) before that the irish-American tended to be indenture servants(one step up from slaves) or Scots-Irish(who were descended for the Protestant over-class in Ireland, and not-really irish at all) Learn your history before making comments

[CharlesDilkes]

@LaMottaVSKeane Why don't you learn your history - Scots-Irish is a meaningless yankee term. If they're Presbyterian Irish then they'd refer to themselves as Ulsterman, not Irish and not 'Scots-Irish' - that terms means nothing in the British Isles.

[sejemaset]

@CharlesDilkes Actually Scots-Irish refers to early immigrants from both Scotland and Ireland that settled the same area of Pennsylvania, so it should be meaningless in the British Isles... also has nothing to do with a so-called Protestant over-class as a majority of these immigrants were both peasants and a mix of Protestant and Catholic descent.

maybe everyone should learn their history before telling other people to do so.

[CharlesDilkes]

@sejemaset That's how dumb yanks refer to two distinct ethnic groups: they just conflate them - Scottish is distinct from Irish; when they say 'Scots-Irish' they're uttering a meangingless term - it's semantically meangingless, if they mean 'descended from Irish & Scottish' they should say so.

[sejemaset]

@CharlesDilkes Actually dumb yanks refer to those people as hillbillies, Scots-Irish is a term they use amongst themeselves, couldn't say why but the point is no one involved in the Scots-Irish vs Scots and Irish discussion has a clue what they are talking about.

[ajikirih]

16 stitches on my right arm and my right hand do not lie, it has been a great song and will always be. It happened back in ´95 in a club. Pogo was great and the guy who did it was the DJ. Hy, Dave from Stuttgart. ;)

[lrishRebeI]

up the ra ! !

[drezzle]

im american but im irish. idk what that has to do with anything but pandora introduced me to these guys, floggenmolly, dropkick murpheys, and yea i like em. hell ya i wish i coulda been at that concert.

[SkanDDOffs]

Great song, thnx.

[nicholasbonn]

Jawohl saufen!

[fuckbenstrong]

danny oconnel he was a live DANNY OCONNEL HE WAS ALIVE

[Nightfighter74]

What a breathtaking version of that song - greatest!!

[donfitz1]

SOMEBODY ANSWER THE PHONE HA

[strummerville09]

much better than the version on red roses for me

[efsq]

nice video! greatest song

[josparkes1]

Great song, and true words too.

[meagher100]

fukin class

[MelissaTicky]

I was wearing corduroy breeches, digging ditches, pulling switches dodging pitches,

Working on the Railway!

BEST SONG EVER!

[craigmacnaughton]

Needed your corduroy britches back then 1841-1847 : )

In 1847, Poor Paddy was thinking of going to heaven... to work upon the railway? (Why Paddy?...just kick back & relax in heaven).

[ROONTANG]

@craigmacnaughton What exactly are corduroy britches? I'm assuming some sort of pants or suspenders?

[seafortha]

fuckin brilliant song!! i'm a scouser who can safely say i am proud to have irish blood..

[TheSeanieboy]

Can't wait to go to Brixton on 19/12/2009 for the session. London town has snow on the ground and the Pogues are in town, " Its begging to look a lot like Christmas"

[233rdsteet]

goin to see him 2morro! PATSY!

[TS50ER]

Red Roses, what a fucking masterpiece!

[naffanyaaa]

My favourite song and my favourite album!

[praskovia13]

@TS50ER absofeckinlutely

[seeligsilence]

@TS50ER ........amen to that Brother

[SpYIncTV2]

Well i better like the danish version by TØRFISK xD It's named VLTJ and it's on the railway as well xD Just in Denmark

[Spockoor]

@SpYIncTV2 We dont know them.

[tonkabronson]

Love this song. I worked on the railway and ya cant beat the pogues and johnny cash singing songs about your job. No fucker ever sang "I've been working in a call centre"

[jafijofa321]

haha how true, only hard work with hands can measure

[tambo76]

i'll measure your face ya beef

[IrishMetalCop]

@tonkabronson Laughed out loud to your comment but maybe someone should sing a song about working in the call center? LOL!

[ado75]

Classic

[seafortha]

it's on "red roses for me"!!

[gezelligtexas]

Nice.  Only ever heard the Clancy Bros. version of this song.

[Moeggel3000]

its a nice one

[233rdsteet]

the aul bagger

[railmogul2]

In 1869, the year of the completetion of the Transcon Railroad, only 7.8% of Union Pacific employees were of Irish descent, while .00003% of Central Pacific employees were of Irish descent, proving that the role of the Irish in American railroad construction is greatly exaggerated.

[RIProrygallagher]

And where in this song does it mention American railroad construction? "I landed on the Liverpool shore.." English railroad constrution Mr. Rail Mogul..

[jafijofa321]

zzzzzzzzzz

[theRADteepee]

@railmogul2 you are a fucking idiot. facts are useless if you don't know when to use them

[CharlesDilkes]

@railmogul2 American railways predominantly built by the Chinese, unless I'm mistaken.

[jenniferjuniper97]

That drumming is awesome

[DERRYIRELAND]

My 2 year old nephew loves this!

[naffanyaaa]

'RED ROSES FOR ME' is the best album!

[naffanyaaa]

My favourite!

[coatbridgemadman]

when i die th 1st thing i want 2 do in heaven is go for a drink with shane mcgowan....unless i die first of course....then im fucked!!!!

[wariorraven]

FUCKN' BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lrishRebeI]

Brill !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[soxborn]

Great song, fantastic band, nice vid.

[joesmusictube]

name one bad pouges song. Its not easy :P. There amazing :):)

[paulpogues]

there int one! FACT!

[coatbridgemadman]

yeah, most Pouges songs are excellent.....some are good.....none are bad !!!!

[cleckheatoncentral]

Built in 18th cenury by the Irish, destroyed by Beeching cuts, Tory pro-road loby...RIP Great British railways. Great song

[Steelerzblow]

Love the Pogues!!.....its a shame the shape MacGowan is in these days, poor bastard is a mess.. :(

[coatbridgemadman]

Mcgowan will never die!!!! if drink was going 2 kill him, it would have by now.....let th man live!!!!!!

[scarryharry011]

i saw the pogues last month at a small club in ATL. shane nailed every single song including this one. they sounded just like the old pogues. you can find a few clips of that show here on youtube

[coatbridgemadman]

long live the pogues!!!!!

[connaught2008]

love it, would be even better if he said the fucking railway!

[paulpogues]

he does on the popes live album!

[ronja80]

Awesome :D

[mechroboticon]

ITC:

Trashy Pogues-loving protestants getting butthurt at other trashy Pogues-loving protestants who pretend to be drunk because it's "f*ckin' Irish!"

Happy St. Patrick's Day, y'all.

All the Irish ever did was have famines and get conquered.

[IzzieSanders]

your mum is trashy, and your dad was a hampster

[rubylulu]

SLAUGHTER THE PIGS!

[stuffed76]

you know these days i think i prefer a full bush.

[BamaToon]

Oh yeah, that was supposed to be an apology.

[iliketexmex2]

That is a great version of the song!!

[IfanSaer]

This is the pinnacle of human achievement. Shane>the rest of the universe.

[Gibidone1]

brilliant!

[bostongreatone]

A great song from a legendary band!

[swampman]

Fecking great

[PogueMahoneCoG]

Fantastic

[november191968]

out of breath

[rbealey1776]

i work for the railway and my family is irish. i hope i don't die and work on heaven's railway

[BamaToon]

Nah, that's a special punishment for the Protestant unbelievers. You're good, man.

[LCMS343]

I'm Protestant and I take offense to your comment. You really are ignorant.

[LCMS343]

Why don't you f**k off?

[LCMS343]

And don't call me a shallow prick, I'm a girl save that for your guy friends.

[BamaToon]

Guess what? So am I. Guess what else? It was a JOKE. Lighten up.

[LCMS343]

Yeah, but if you or I would have made a comment about someone being Catholic, there would be hell to pay.

[BamaToon]

Fair enough. Would it help if I said I was drunk when I posted that? It was a long time ago, but I vaguely remember being pretty drunk when I posted that. Anyway, I've learned my lesson about drunken postings.

[LCMS343]

I guess we all do stupid things when we're drunk.

[BamaToon]

Oh yeah, I've done my share of stupid things. But I don't drunken post on YouTube anymore. Anyway, I only meant my comment as a joke, and I'm sorry if you took it the wrong way.

[LCMS343]

It didn't sound like a joke.  I did take it the wrong way.

[xboxluver1993]

Yeah right, because people NEVER make fun of Catholics and get away with it. *rolls eyes*

It's like we're the last acceptable target for prejudice.

[LCMS343]

I wasn't making fun of Catholics.

[xboxluver1993]

I know, but you did say "If I would have made a comment about a Catholic there would be hell to pay", which isn't usually true seeing as Catholics are targeted a lot in negative ways.

[LCMS343]

I know I said that but I wasn't trying to insult Catholics. I just feel like Catholics can get away with making negative comments too. I wasn't trying to say that people never get away with making fun of Catholics. You know what I mean right? Both sides target each other in negative ways and its very sad. Its not right. I hope you agree.  What happened to making peace?

[xboxluver1993]

Yes I agree, totally; Wait are you from America?

[DanyNicola]

I should be featured as the perfect anti-Catholic target...born in Italy to Irish father and bread in both countries...ugh

[mebosharp]

bravo jacopo.. bellissima la canzone.. e video ben fatto!

[chantdelouve]

I love this song

[DERRYIRELAND]

What a voice back then, he sounds so healthy.

[paulgallagher13]

this song is madness when you hear it live

[JTpoguemahone]

you're right! i went to the concert in london and when they played it...

well, you're right

[missgracieola]

@paulgallagher13 It was the first encore last night in Chicago, and it was LOUD!

[missgracieola]

@paulgallagher13 It was the first encore last night in Chicago, and it was LOUD!

[strangai8]

YES!!! Good work, Swindon and Thank You.

[JTpoguemahone]

Swindon..?? Anyway Thank you for watching! I'm happy you like it

[SwindonByf]

It wasn't me this time =P

[SwindonByf]

Anyway this has much better production values, I can barely manage a still photo!!!