Variant Set 007

Variants of Paddy on the Railway

Both narratives begin with An Irishman boarding a train from Greenock to Glasgow. He upsets the ladies in the carriage and is accused by a wealthy gent of travelling without the proper ticket.
The differences in the subsequent narratives are...

Bar304  Probably printed in Scotland                                     Bar534 printed in London

The hero knocks down the railway conductor                       The hero knocks down the fellow passenger
and goes on his way to work on the harvest                         is arrested and sentenced to three months
                                                                                                       on the treadmill(1)

Bar304  Chorus                                                               Bar534 Chorus

Engine, boiler, water tight,                                              Hubbaboo, dideroo, fillaloo all the way                    
Driving in with all his might;                                           Three hundred miles in half the day
Upon my soul it was a sight                                            Ah! Says he, get out the way
To see the Greenock railway.                                         I'm going by the railway

Bar304    stanzas of 8 lines of 8 feet                              Bar534  stanzas 12 lines of 8 feet

Different stanza lengths suggest different tunes were used.                                  

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