WORKIN' ON THE RAILROAD (Patsy Orey Orey Aye)
2002 Camp Song
Introduced and Led by Chris Rhorer
Chorus:
Patsy Orey orey aye, Patsy Orey orey aye,
Patsy Orey orey aye, workin on the rail road
Verses:
In Eighteen Hundred Ninety One
My Life on the railroad had just begun
(Audience Repeats Last Line
Working on the Railroad.
(Chorus)
Each Verse gets sung in the same manner
1862 - I found my self with nothing to do
1863 - The rail road company hired me
1864 - My back was getting tired and sore
1865 - I found myself more dead than alive
1866 - I found myself some dynamite sticks
1867 - I found myself on the way to heaven
1868 - I found myself at the pearly gates
1869 - I found myself in the land of sublime
18610 - There is no more, this is the end