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Raise the light a little Jim	A
For it's getting rather dim	A
And with such a storm a howlin' 'twill not do to douse the glim	A
Hustle down the curtains Lu	B
Poke the fire a little Su	B
This is somethin' of a flurry mother somethin' of a whew	B
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Goodness gracious how it pours	C
How it beats ag'in the doors	C
You will have a hard one Jimmy when you go to do the chores	C
Do not overfeed the gray	D
Give a plenty to the bay	D
And be careful with your lantern when you go among the hay	D
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See the horses have a bed	E
When you've got 'em fairly fed	E
Feed the cows that's in the stable and the sheep that's in the shed	E
Give the spotted cow some meal	F
Where the brindle can not steal	F
For she's greedy as a porker and as slipp'ry as an eel	F
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Hang your lantern by the ring	G
On a nail or on a string	G
For the Durham calf 'll bunt it if there's any such a thing	G
He's a handsome one to see	H
And a knowin' one is he	H
I stooped over t'other morning and he up and went for me	H
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Rover thinks he hears a noise	I
Just keep still a minute boys	I
Nellie hold your tongue a second and be silent with your toys	I
Stop that barkin' now you whelp	J
Or I'll kick you till you yelp	J
Yes I hear it 'tis somebody that's callin' out for help	J
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Get the lantern Jim and Tom	A
Mother keep the babies calm	A
And we'll follow up that halloa and we'll see where it is from	A
'Tis a hairy sort of night	K
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For a man to face and fight	K
And the wind is blowin' Hang it Jimmy bring another light	K
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Ah 'twas you then Johnny Rich	L
Yelling out at such a pitch	L
For a decent man to help you while you fell into the ditch	L
'Tisn't quite the thing to say	D
But we ought to've let you lay	D
While your drunken carcass died a drinkin' water any way	D
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And to see you on my floor	M
And to hear the way you snore	M
Now we've lugged you under shelter and the danger all is o'er	N
And you lie there quite resigned	O
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Whisky deaf and whisky blind	O
And it will not hurt your feelin's so I guess I'll free my mind	O
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Do you mind you thievin' dunce	D
How you robbed my orchard once	D
Takin' all the biggest apples leavin' all the littlest runts	D
Do you mind my melon patch	P
How you gobbled the whole batch	P
Stacked the vines and sliced the greenest melons just to raise the scratch	P
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Do you think you drunken wag	Q
It was any thing to brag	Q
To be cornered in my hen roost with two pullets in a bag	Q
You are used to dirty dens	D
You have often slept in pens	D
I've a mind to take you out there now and roost you with the hens	D
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Do you call to mind with me	H
How one night you and your three	H
Took my wagon all to pieces for to hang it on a tree	H
How you hung it up you eels	D
Straight and steady by the wheels	D
I've a mind to take you out there now and hang you by your heels	D
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How the Fourth of last July	R
When you got a little high	R
You went back to Wilson's counter when you thought he wasn't nigh	R
How he heard some specie chink	S
And was on you in a wink	S
And you promised if he'd hush it that you never more would drink	S
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Do you mind our temperance hall	T
How you're always sure to call	T
And recount your reformation with the biggest speech of all	T
How you talk and how you sing	G
That the pledge is just the thing	G
How you sign it every winter and then smash it every spring	G
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Do you mind how Jennie Green	U
Was as happy as a queen	U
When you walked with her on Sunday looking sober straight and clean	U
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How she cried out half her sight	K
When you staggered by next night	K
Twice as dirty as a serpent and a hundred times as tight	K
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How our hearts with pleasure warmed	V
When your mother though it stormed	V
Run up here one day to tell us that you truly had reformed	V
How that very self same day	D
When upon her homeward way	D
She run on you where you'd hidden full three quarters o'er the bay	D
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Oh you little whisky keg	W
Oh you horrid little egg	W
You're goin' to destruction with your swiftest foot and leg	W
I've a mind to take you out	X
Underneath the water spout	X
Just to rinse you up a little so you'll know what you're about	X
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But you've got a handsome eye	R
And although I can't tell why	R
Somethin' somewhere in you always lets you get another try	R
So for all that I have said	E
I'll not douse you but instead	E
I will strip you I will rub you I will put you into bed	E
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