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Far Away Boys

from 100 Year Echoes by Six-Tone Storm Chime

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By Dave King, of Flogging Molly

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Well I worked on the railroad
For tuppence a day
I drink down one penny
The other I saved
I hammered and I hammered
I hammered so long
Well in to madness
With each setting sun
I laid my head down
And I dreamt you were here
With me by the old tree
Where no one could care

Far away boys
Far away boys
Away from you now
I'm lying with my sweetheart
In her arms I'll be found

Then the sun belched upon me
You were no longer here
And lying in your place
Was my hammer and my gear
So I stamped out the fire
That kept us both warm
The ashes were falling
Like the snowdrops of old
We came to a mountain
Dynamite and she'll blow
A big hole in that rock
Like the one in my soul

We buried four workmen
They dug themselves well
From four empty coffins
To four early graves
They're only Paddies, just Paddies
Don't dig them to deep
You'll need all your strength, boys
And they're replaced easily
In the heat I was melting
Into your sweet lips
Ah, your kiss takes me back
It takes me back from all this

Far away boys
Far away boys
Away from you now
I'm laying with my sweetheart
In her arms I'll be found

Someone said it was Christmas
Not a tree was in sight
And the only thing growing
Was my will to die
'Til the gaffer, he said, "Men,
Your work here is done."
I said, "I'll see you in Hell
On that train we died for."
Never again
Will I smell your sweet dream
Just a blood-stained old gutter
Where your lips used to be

Far away boys
Far away boys
Away from you now
I'm laying with my sweetheart
In her arms I'll be found

Far away boys
Far away boys
Away from you now
I'm laying with my sweetheart
In her arms I'll be found

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from 100 Year Echoes, released September 12, 2014
Weston "Paddy" Mate: 12-string, lead vocals
Nathan "Captain McCallen" Ford: banjo, backing vocals
Travis "Two-Foot" Scherschel: harmonica, backing vocals
Kyle "Addison Beauchamp" Soyer: accordion, backing vocals
Tucker "Rusty" Baker: guitar, backing vocals
Matthew "Sim Webb" Hauser: spring anchor chime, stomp

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Six-Tone Storm Chime New Mexico

The winds of the North Ponil Canyon rattle canvas like the C&N RY No. 1 is still rumblin' by.

To the inaugural 2014 staff of Metcalf Station at Philmont Scout Ranch, that's just the echoes of history.

Left to right in the banner: Kyle "Addison Beauchamp" Soyer, Weston "Paddy" Mate, Tucker "Rusty" Baker, Nathan "Captain McCallen" Ford,
Matthew "Sim Webb" Hauser, and Travis "Two-Foot" Scherschel.
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