And work it was a cussed thing
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As didn't ought to be.= He'd known the Lachlan, man and boy, `For close on forty year, But now they'd pisoned every joy, `He thought it time to clear.= They gave him sorrow's bitter cup, `And filled his heart with woe, And now at last his back was up, `He felt he ought to go.=
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