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Past Carin’
The Bushwackers
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Up and down the siding brown
The great black crows are flyin'
Down below the spur, I know
Another `milker's' dyin';
The crops have withered from the ground
The tank's clay bed is glarin'
From my heart no tear nor sound
For I have gone past carin' —
Past worryin' or carin'
Past feelin' aught or carin';
From my heart no tear nor sound
For I have gone past carin'
Our first child took, in days like these
A cruel week in dyin'
All day upon her father's knee
Or on my poor breast lyin';
The tears we shed — the prayers we said
Were awful, wild — despairin'!
I've pulled three through, and I've buried two
Since then — and I'm past carin'
I've grown to be past carin'
Past feelin' or despairin';
I've pulled three through and I've buried two
Since then, and I'm past carin'
'Twas ten years first, then came the worst
All for a barren clearin'
I thought, I thought my heart would break
When first my man went shearin';
He's drovin' in the great North-west
And I don't know how he's farin';
But now, the one that loved him best
Has grown to be past carin'
Past feelin' aught or carin';
The girl that waited long ago
Has grown to be past carin'
My eyes are dry, I cannot cry
I've got no heart for breakin'
Where it was in days gone by
A dull and empty achin'
My last boy's run away from me
And I know my temper's wearin'
But now I only wish to be
Beyond all signs of carin'
Past worryin' or carin'
Past feelin' or despairin';
And now I only wish to be
Beyond all signs of carin'
Now I only wish to be
Beyond all signs of carin'