Eli the Barrow Boy

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Eli, the barrow boy
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Of the old town
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Sells coal and marigolds
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As he cries out
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All down the day

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Below the tamaracks
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He is crying:
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Corn cobs and candle wax
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for the buying
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All down the day


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“Would I could afford to buy my love a fine robe
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Made of gold and silk Arabian thread
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But she is dead and gone and lying in a pine grove
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And I must push my barrow all the day
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And I must push my barrow all the day”
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Eli, the barrow boy
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When they found him
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Dressed all in corduroy
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He had drowned in
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The river down the way


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They laid his body down 
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in a churchyard
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But still when the moon is out
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With his push cart
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He calls down the day


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“Would I could afford to buy my love a fine gown
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Made of gold and silk Arabian thread
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But I am dead and gone and lying in a church ground
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And still I push my barrow all the day
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Still I push my barrow all the day”

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