Folk & Traditional Song Lyrics www.traditionalmusic.co.uk Patsy Oree Ay 
Patsy Oree Ay 
In eighteen hundred and fifty one American railroad just begun American railroad just begun Working on the railroad. 
Cho: Patsy-o-ree-o-ree-ay Patsy-o-ree-o-ree-ay Patsy-o-ree-o-ree-ay Working on the railroad. 
repeat verse and chorus, using: 
1852 looking around for something to do 1853 railroad company accepted me 1854 found my back was mighty sore 1855 found myself more dead than alive 1856 stepped on a pile of dynamite sticks 1857 found myself on the way to heaven 1858 pickin' the lock at the pearly gate 1859 floating around in the clouds sublime 
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