I'm heading for a life in the land of the free
Sending every penny home to the family
Off to find fortunes that can't be bought
Now Paddy's struck down from a single shot
Paddy's struck down from a single shot!
They lured the men away they promised wealth and riches
A thousand miles from home lying steel and digging ditches
The work would be a challenge nary a soul could stand the trial
These wayfaring boys built the railways toughest mile
Fifty-seven men on the hardest mile!
Fifty-seven men on the hardest mile
Murdered for their troubles, left to die
Immigrant sons from Donegal, Tyrone & Derry
would
wealth
vigilante
unmarked
turned
truth
trial
toughest
thousand
fortunes
every
eight
disappeared
digging
these
grave
numbers
fifty
bought
ditches
stand
weeks
before
derry
alive
ghosts
hardest
heading
challenge
again
mention
sending
built
clear
dance
immigrant
justice
lured
lying
valley
miles
family
pride
murdered
could
prejudice
promised
riches
struck
price
penny
railways
steel
years
troubles
learned
seven
their
single
stone
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