diff --git a/tests/golden/issue1377.tsv b/tests/golden/issue1377.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f3d19240
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/golden/issue1377.tsv
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+A	customer name	sales rep	sku	category	quantity	unit price	ext price	date
+680916	Mueller and Sons	Loring Predovic	GP-14407	Belt	19	88.49	1681.31	2015-11-17 05:58:34
+680916	Mueller and Sons	Loring Predovic	FI-01804	Shirt	3	78.07	234.21	2016-02-13 04:04:11
+530925	Purdy and Sons	Teagan O'Keefe	EO-54210	Shirt	19	30.21	573.99	2015-08-11 12:44:38
diff --git a/tests/golden/issue1377b.tsv b/tests/golden/issue1377b.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e5ca835e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/golden/issue1377b.tsv
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+A	customer name	sales rep	sku	category	quantity	unit price	ext price	date
+680916	Mueller and Sons	Loring Predovic	GP-14407	Belt	19	88.49	1681.31	2015-11-17 05:58:34
+680916	Mueller and Sons	Loring Predovic	GP-14407	Belt	19	88.49	1681.31	2015-11-17 05:58:34
+680916	Mueller and Sons	Loring Predovic	FI-01804	Shirt	3	78.07	234.21	2016-02-13 04:04:11
+530925	Purdy and Sons	Teagan O'Keefe	EO-54210	Shirt	19	30.21	573.99	2015-08-11 12:44:38
+680916	Mueller and Sons	Loring Predovic	FI-01804	Shirt	3	78.07	234.21	2016-02-13 04:04:11
+530925	Purdy and Sons	Teagan O'Keefe	EO-54210	Shirt	19	30.21	573.99	2015-08-11 12:44:38
diff --git a/tests/issue1377.vdj b/tests/issue1377.vdj
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d167a7542
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/issue1377.vdj
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!vd -p
+{"sheet": null, "col": null, "row": null, "longname": "open-file", "input": "sample_data/sample-sales-reps.xlsx", "keystrokes": "o", "comment": null}
+{"sheet": "sample-sales-reps", "col": "", "row": "\u30adsample-salesv4", "longname": "open-row", "input": "", "keystrokes": "Enter", "comment": "open current row with sheet-specific dive"}
+{"sheet": "sample-sales-reps_sample-salesv4", "col": "", "row": "0", "longname": "select-row", "input": "", "keystrokes": "s", "comment": "select current row"}
+{"sheet": "sample-sales-reps_sample-salesv4", "col": "", "row": "1", "longname": "select-row", "input": "", "keystrokes": "s", "comment": "select current row"}
+{"sheet": "sample-sales-reps_sample-salesv4", "col": "", "row": "2", "longname": "select-row", "input": "", "keystrokes": "s", "comment": "select current row"}
+{"sheet": "sample-sales-reps_sample-salesv4", "col": "", "row": "", "longname": "copy-selected", "input": "", "keystrokes": "gy", "comment": "yank (copy) selected rows to clipboard"}
+{"col": "", "row": "", "longname": "open-new", "input": "", "keystrokes": "Shift+A", "comment": "Open new empty sheet"}
+{"col": "", "row": "", "longname": "paste-after", "input": "", "keystrokes": "p", "comment": "paste clipboard rows after current row"}
diff --git a/tests/issue1377b.vdj b/tests/issue1377b.vdj
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4e00bfecf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/issue1377b.vdj
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!vd -p
+{"sheet": null, "col": null, "row": null, "longname": "open-file", "input": "sample_data/sample-sales-reps.xlsx", "keystrokes": "o", "comment": null}
+{"sheet": "sample-sales-reps", "col": "", "row": "\u30adsample-salesv4", "longname": "open-row", "input": "", "keystrokes": "Enter", "comment": "open current row with sheet-specific dive"}
+{"sheet": "sample-sales-reps_sample-salesv4", "col": "", "row": "0", "longname": "select-row", "input": "", "keystrokes": "s", "comment": "select current row"}
+{"sheet": "sample-sales-reps_sample-salesv4", "col": "", "row": "1", "longname": "select-row", "input": "", "keystrokes": "s", "comment": "select current row"}
+{"sheet": "sample-sales-reps_sample-salesv4", "col": "", "row": "2", "longname": "select-row", "input": "", "keystrokes": "s", "comment": "select current row"}
+{"sheet": "sample-sales-reps_sample-salesv4", "col": "", "row": "", "longname": "copy-selected", "input": "", "keystrokes": "gy", "comment": "yank (copy) selected rows to clipboard"}
+{"col": "", "row": "", "longname": "open-new", "input": "", "keystrokes": "Shift+A", "comment": "Open new empty sheet"}
+{"col": "", "row": "", "longname": "paste-after", "input": "", "keystrokes": "p", "comment": "paste clipboard rows after current row"}
+{"col": "", "row": "1", "longname": "paste-before", "input": "", "keystrokes": "Shift+P", "comment": "paste clipboard rows before current row"}
diff --git a/visidata/clipboard.py b/visidata/clipboard.py
index 649eb0c9d..1cad22896 100644
--- a/visidata/clipboard.py
+++ b/visidata/clipboard.py
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 import functools
 import os
 
-from visidata import VisiData, vd, asyncthread
-from visidata import Sheet, Path
+from visidata import VisiData, vd, asyncthread, SettableColumn
+from visidata import Sheet, Path, Column
 
 if sys.platform == 'win32':
     syscopy_cmd_default = 'clip.exe'
@@ -129,14 +129,33 @@ def delete_row(sheet, rowidx):
     sheet.setModified()
     return oldrow
 
+
 @Sheet.api
+@asyncthread
 def paste_after(sheet, rowidx):
+    'Paste rows from *vd.cliprows* at *rowidx*.'
     if not vd.memory.cliprows:  #1793
         vd.warning('nothing to paste')
         return
-    to_paste = list(deepcopy(r) for r in reversed(vd.memory.cliprows))
-    sheet.addRows(to_paste, index=rowidx)
 
+    for col in vd.memory.clipcols[sheet.nVisibleCols:]:
+        newcol = SettableColumn()
+        newcol.__setstate__(col.__getstate__())
+        sheet.addColumn(newcol)
+
+    addedRows = []
+
+    for extrow in vd.memory.cliprows:
+        if isinstance(extrow, Column):
+            newrow = copy(extrow)
+        else:
+            newrow = sheet.newRow()
+            for col, extcol in zip(sheet.visibleCols, vd.memory.clipcols):
+                col.setValue(newrow, extcol.getTypedValue(extrow))
+
+        addedRows.append(newrow)
+
+    sheet.addRows(addedRows, index=rowidx)
 
 
 Sheet.addCommand('y', 'copy-row', 'copyRows([cursorRow])', 'yank (copy) current row to clipboard')
diff --git a/visidata/modify.py b/visidata/modify.py
index e58d87316..d1024b5ce 100644
--- a/visidata/modify.py
+++ b/visidata/modify.py
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ def addRows(sheet, rows, index=None, undo=True):
     'Add *rows* after row at *index*.'
     addedRows = {}
     if index is None: index=len(sheet.rows)
-    for row in Progress(rows, gerund='adding'):
+    for i, row in enumerate(Progress(rows, gerund='adding')):
         addedRows[sheet.rowid(row)] = row
-        sheet.addRow(row, index=index+1)
+        sheet.addRow(row, index=index+i+1)
 
         if sheet.defer:
             sheet.rowAdded(row)