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The Magpies
Paul Kelly
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When Tom and Elizabeth took the farm
The bracken made their bed
And Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
The magpies said
Tom's hand was strong to the plough
Elizabeth's lips were red
And Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
The magpies said
Year in year out they worked
While the pines grew overhead
And Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
The magpies said
But all the beautiful crops soon went
To the mortgage-man instead
And Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
The magpies said
Elizabeth is dead now, it's years ago
Old Tom went light in the head
And Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
The magpies said
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The farm's still there. Mortgage corporations
Couldn't give it away
And Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
The magpies say
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