Paddy from Home

DESCRIPTION: "Paddy from home has never been, A railway train he's never seen, He longs to see the great machine, That travels along the railway." Or, "Paddy McQuark/from Cork was never seen, never seen, never seen... Travelling around the railroad."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1898 (Gomme)
KEYWORDS: travel playparty train
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond)) Canada(Newf) Ireland
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 74, "Paddy from Cork has never been" (1 short text)
Peirce-KeepTheKettleBoiling, p. 34, "(Paddy from Cork has never been)" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: Ron Young, _Dictionary of Newfoundland and Labrador_, Downhome Publishing Inc., 2006, p. 251, "(Paddy McQuark Was Never Seen)" (1 short text)
Roud #13608
File: Yng251PH

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