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Thread #13281   Message #108617
Posted By: The_one_and_only_Dai
26-Aug-99 - 05:15 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: The Painful Plough
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Painful Plough
A couple of prior verses from the original:

Adam in his garden was sent to keep it right
But the length of time he stayed there, I believe it was one night
For all his own labour, I call it not his due,
Adam lost his garden and went to haul the plough

For Adam was a ploughman, when ploughing first began
The next that did succedd him was Cain the eldest son
Some of that generation the calling yet pursue,
That bread may not be wanting, behold the painful plough.