In eighteen hundred and fifty-one
The American railway just begun
The American railway just begun
Working on the railway.

Patsy-o-ree-o-ree-ay
Patsy-o-ree-o-ree-ay
Patsy-o-ree-o-ree-ay
Working on the railway.

repeat verse and chorus, using:

1852 I found myself with nothing to do.
1853 the foreman came and started me.
1854 my back was bent, and my knees were sore.
1855 I found myself more dead than alive.
1856 I dropped a box of dynamite sticks.
1857 I found myself on the way to heaven.
1858 I picked the lock on the pearly gates.
1859 a pair of wings and a harp divine.
1850-10 if you want any more you can sing it again.