Mic & Paddy Song by Black Irish Band

Michael Martin Murphey (Wildfire Fame)joins up with the Black Irish Band to record an original ballad about the Irish workman that built the Union Pacific Railroad in the 1860s.
Band member Patrick Michael Karnahan wrote the song in honor of the hundreds of Irishman that worked out of Omaha Nebraska all the way to Promontory Summit Utah. The song explores the hard work and long hours it took to make the dream real. Many workman died along the way while many other had little to show for their countless hours when done with the project. Most of the wealth went to the suits, like always!!!
The railroad was important to the Irish in the fact that it gave them work after the Civil War and their numbers would effect the history of the American West, many in fact would become Cowboys.
The new 19th Black Irish Band CD album titled, "California Story" will feature 2 other songs sung my music legend Michael Martin Murphey. For more information go to WWW.blackirish.com