Paddy On The Railway - Luke Kelly & The Dubliners

Live At The Gaeity (Ireland) - 1979

[jankojagarcec]

"In 1841 - When Ronnie Drew was born" haha such kings :D

[ayoreilly]

I was brought up in a working class Irish household singing this song. Next week I start a rail engineering course in Hartlepool. Funny how life treats you.

[geraldhuber]

The way Ronny looks at Luke at the beginning - real lovingly. And the end: well done Luke. So touching me😢

[Spooky]

The Irish have such a rich history in folk songs, especially the working men’s songs like this one! 🇮🇪 🚂

[jankojagarcec]

Total legends all of them, one can clearly see, hear and feel why <3

[henrydunn]

Luke was the greatest chanter to come out of Ireland!

[nbenefiel]

The Irish built the railway from New York while the Chinese built it from San Francisco. It changed America, opened the country to settlement and destroyed the Native Americans.

[TheScribeofLight]

I love Luke Kelly, but you also have to think who else but Shane MacGowan and The Pogues could have covered this and done it justice after Luke.

[endanolan]

Luke is a legend uncelebrated, Damien Dempsey is another legend almost as good as Luke ( in my ignorant opinion)