Key: F
Introduction: F C F C F C G
C F
I'm heading for a life in the land of the free
C G
Sending every penny home to the family
C F
Off to find fortunes that can't be bought
G
Now Paddy's struck down from a single shot
G
Paddy's struck down from a single shot!
F C F C F C G
They lured the men away they promised wealth and riches
A thousand miles from home lying steel and digging ditches
C F
Fifty-seven men on the hardest mile
C G
Murdered for their troubles, left to die
C F
Immigrant sons from Donegal, Tyrone & Derry
G
Their numbers were few but they did the job of many
F C F C F C G
Eight weeks went by and the path was clear
Fifty-seven men had all disappeared
C F
Fifty-seven men on the hardest mile
C G
Murdered for their troubles, left to die
C F
Immigrant sons from Donegal, Tyrone & Derry
G
Their numbers were few but they did the job of many
F C G
Now ghosts dance a jig on an unmarked grave
F C G
A slug full of lead was the price they were paid
F C G
Vigilante justice, prejudice and pride
G
No one in this valley will be seen again alive
C F
Fifty-seven men on the hardest mile
C G
Murdered for their troubles, left to die
C F
Immigrant sons from Donegal, Tyrone & Derry
G
Their numbers were few but they did the job of many (2x)