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There was a Squatter in the land	A
So runs the truthful tale I tell	B
There also were three cornstalks and	C
There also was the Squatter s Well	B
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Singing slowly Sin and sorrer sin and sor rer sin and sor r r rer	D
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The Squatter he was full of pluck	E
The Cornstalks they were full of sin	F
The well it was half full of muck	E
That many rains had drifted in	F
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Singing with increased feeling Sin c	G
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The Squatter hired the Cornstalks Three	G
To cleanse the well of mud and clay	H
And so they started willing lee	G
At five and twenty bob a day	H
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Singing apprehensively Sin c	G
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At five and twenty bob the lot	I
That s eight and four the day would bring	J
To each and so they thought they d got	I
A rather soft and easy thing	J
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Singing sadly Sin c	G
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The Cornstalks cleaned the well within	F
A day or two or thereabout	I
And then they worked an awful sin	F
A scheme to make the job last out	I
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Singing reproachfully Sin and sorrer c	G
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For when the well was cleaned out quite	I
Of all its logs and muck and clay	H
They tipped a drayload down at night	I
And worked to haul it up next day	H
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Singing dismally Sin c	G
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But first the eldest christened Hodge	K
He greased the dray wheel axles so	L
The super wouldn t smell the dodge	K
And couldn t let the Squatter know	L
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Singing hopelessly Sin and sorrer c	G
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The stuff they surfaced out each day	H
With some surprise the Squatter saw	M
He never dreamt the sand and clay	H
Was three miles off the night before	D
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Singing mournfully Sin and sorrer c	G
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But he got something in his eye	N
It wasn t green that s very plain	O
He said the well was rather dry	N
And they could fill it up again	P
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Singing mournfully and dismally Sin and sorrer c	G
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The Cornstalks went to work next day	H
In hope of course of extra tin	F
The Squatter watched and sad to say	H
The mullock wouldn t all go in	F
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Singing with great pathos Sin and sorrer c	G
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And though the Cornstalks twigged the ruse	Q
Whereby the boss had done em brown	R
They argued that the clay was loose	S
And wanted time to settle down	R
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Singing hopelessly Sin and sorrer c	G
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The boss began to rave and tear	D
And yelled with a most awful frown	R
I will not settle up I swear	D
Till that there clay is settled down	R
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Singing hopefully Sin c	G
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Before my cheques yer Il pocket boys	T
Yer ll put a mountain in a well	B
The Cornstalks didn t make a noise	T
They only murmured sadly	G
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Singing triumphantly Sin and sorrer c	G
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MORAL	U
There is a moral to my rhyme	V
A moral to the dirge I sing	J
That when you do go in for crime	V
You mustn t overdoo the thing	J
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Singing more dismally than ever Sin and sorrer s i n and sor r r r rer	D

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