The Hardest Mile

    C                         F
I'm heading for a life in the land 
of the free
        C                      
Sending every penny home to the 
 G
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
The work would be a challenge nary a
 soul could stand the trial
These wayfaring boys built the 
railways toughest mile

Fifty-seven men on the hardest mile!

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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
Not a mention of their name no stone
 was ever turned
It would be so many years before the
 truth was ever learned

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Fifty-seven men on the hardest mile
Murdered for their troubles, left to
 die
Immigrant sons from Donegal, Tyrone 
& Derry
Their numbers were few but they did 
the job of many

F C F C F C G
F F C G x2

    F                       
Now ghosts dance a jig on an 
   C      G
unmarked grave
  F                         C     
A slug full of lead was the price 
          G
they were paid
F                  C             
Vigilante justice, prejudice and 
G
pride
G
No one in this valley will be seen 
again alive

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Fifty-seven men on the hardest mile
Murdered for their troubles, left to
 die
Immigrant sons from Donegal, Tyrone 
& Derry
Their numbers were few but they did 
the job of many