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When he s over a rough and unpopular shed	A
With the sins of the bank and the men on his head	A
When he musn t look black or indulge in a grin	B
And thirty or forty men hate him like Sin	B
I am moved to admit when the total is scored	C
That it s just a bit off for the Boss of the board	C
I have battled a lot	D
But my dream s never soared	C
To the lonely position of Boss of the board	C
Twas a black listed shed down the Darling the Boss	E
Was a small man to see though a big man to cross	F
We had nought to complain of except what we thought	G
And the Boss didn t boss any more than he ought	G
But the Union was booming and Brotherhood soared	C
So we hated like poison the Boss of the board	C
We could tolerate hands	H
We respected the cook	I
But the name of a Boss was a blot in our book	I
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He d a row with Big Duggan a rough sort of Jim	J
Or rather Jim Duggan was laying for him	J
His hate of Injustice and Greed was so deep	K
That his shearing grew rough and he ill used the sheep	K
And I fancied that Duggan his manliness lower d	L
When he took off his shirt to the Boss of the board	C
For the Boss was ten stone	M
And the shearer full grown	M
And he might have they said let the crawler alone	M
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Though some of us there wished the fight to the strong	N
Yet we knew in our hearts that the shearer was wrong	N
And the crawler was plucky it can t be denied	O
For he had to fight Freedom and Justice beside	O
But he came up so gamely as often as floored	C
That a blackleg stood up for the Boss of the board	C
And the fight was a sight	P
And we pondered that night	P
It s surprising how some of those blacklegs can fight	P
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Next day at the office when sadly the wreck	Q
Of Jim Duggan came up like a lamb for his cheque	Q
Said the Boss Don t be childish It s all past and gone	R
I am short of good shearers You d better stay on	S
And we fancied Jim Duggan our dignity lower d	L
When he stopped to oblige a damned Boss of the board	C
We said nothing to Jim	J
For a joke might be grim	J
And the subject we saw was distasteful to him	J
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The Boss just went on as he d done from the first	T
And he favoured Big Duggan no more than the worst	T
And when we d cut out and the steamer came down	U
With the hawkers and spielers to take us to town	U
And we d all got aboard twas Jim Duggan good Lord	C
Who yelled for three cheers for the Boss of the board	C
Twas a bit off no doubt	V
And with Freedom about	V
But a lot is forgot when a shed is cut out	V
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With Freedom of Contract maintained in his shed	A
And the curse of the Children of Light on his head	A
He s apt to long sadly for sweetheart or wife	W
And his views be inclined to the dark side of life	W
The Truth must be spread and the Cause must be shored	C
But it s just a bit rough on the Boss of the board	C
I am all for the Right	P
But perhaps out of sight	P
As a son or a husband or father he s white	P

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