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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I AM A POOR OLD MAN
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Come listen to my song
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Provisions now are twice as dear
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As when that I was young
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When this old hat was new
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And stood above my brow
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Oh, what a happy youth was I
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When this old hat was new,
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When this old hat was new.
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But fourscore years ago,
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The truth I do declare,
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When men they took each other's word,
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They thought it very fair,
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No oath did they re quire,
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men's words they were so true
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Was bustled in my youthful days,
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when this old hat was new
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When this old hat was new
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And when the harvest came,
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and we went off to shear
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How often we were merry made,
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with brandy, ale, and beer
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When corn it was brought home,
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and put upon
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The workers' porches were well -filled
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When this old hat was new,
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When this old hat was new.
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At the boar's head stood the farmer,
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The table fought a grace,
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And greeted all as they came in,
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each took his proper place
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His wife stood at the table
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to give each man his due
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And oh, what plenty did abound
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when this old hat was new
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When this soul had was new
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But how the times are changed
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The poor are quite done o
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They give to them their wages
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like beggars at the door
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In the house we must not go,
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although we are but few
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It was not so when best did rain,
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and this old hat was new
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An d this old hat was new.
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The commons are taken in,
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And cottages pulled down.
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Moe has got no wool to spin
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Her lensey -wolsey gown.
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Tis cold and clothing's thin,
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And blankets are but few,
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But we were clothed both back and side,
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When this old hat was new,
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When this old hat was new.
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When Romans robed this land,
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the commons they did give
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Un to the poor in charity,
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to help them fall to live
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The poor are quite done o 'er,
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we know it to be true
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It was not so when bested rain,
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And this old hat was new,
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And this old hat was new.
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