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Out on  the  board  the old shearer stands

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Grasping his shears in his thin bony hands;

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Fixed is  his eye  on    a  bare-bellied yoe

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Glory  if  he gets her, won't he make the ringer go

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Click go the shears boys, click, click, click

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Wide is  his blow and his hands move quick

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The ringer looks around and is  beaten  by   a  blow

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And curses the old snagger with the bare-bellied  yoe