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Version 1

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w:It's all ve-ry well to have a ma-chine To thrash your wheat and bar-ley clean To
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w:Trash it and win' it and fit it for sale Then go off to mar-ket so brisk and well. Sing
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w:rum-ple-dum-dai-ry flair - up Ma-ry Make your old tab -le shine
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W:It's all very well to have a machine
W:To thrash your wheat and barley clean
W:To thrash it and win' it and fit it for sale
W:Then go off to market so brisk and well
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W:ch
W:Sing rumple-dum-dairy, flair up, Mary
W:Make your old table shine
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W:The man who made her he made her so well
W:He made every wheel and cog to tell
W:While the big wheel runs, the little one hums
W:And the feeder sits above the drum.
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W:At seven o'clock we do begin
W:And we generally stop about nine or ten
W:To have our beer and oil her up
W:Then off we go 'til one o'clock
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W:There's old father Howard the sheaves to put
W:While old Mother Howard she does make up
W:And Mary she sits and feeds all day
W:While Johnny he carries the straw away.
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W:5
W:Then after a bite and drink all round
W:The driver he climbs to his box again
W:And with his long whip he shouts 'All Right!'
W:And he drives them round 'til five at night.

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