Skinhead on the MBTA

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Skinhead on the MBTA is a song by the Boston punk rock band Dropkick Murphys, a modern adaptation of the 1948 song "Charley on the MTA" (recorded by The Kingston Trio in 1959 as "M.T.A."), recorded for their first full-length album Do or Die. The Murphys' version has the same rhythm and many of the same words as the original, albeit with a very different story.

It tells the tale of a skinhead (apparently named "Skinhead" or "Skin") instead of the original Charlie. The skinhead punches the train conductor when asked for his exit fee and goes on to steal the train. Several other changes are made, such as Skinhead's wife throwing him a grenade instead of a sandwich.