Lyr. Add: THE MAGPIES
Denis Glover

When Tom and Elizabeth took the farm
The bracken made their bed,
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The magpies said.

Tom's hand was strong to the plough
Elizabeth's lips were red,
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The magpies said.

Year in year out they worked
While the pines grew overhead,
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The magpies said.

But all the beautiful crops soon went
To the mortgage man instead,
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The magpies said.

Elizabeth is dead now (it's years ago);
Old Tom went light in the head;
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The magpies said.

The farm's still there.
Mortgage corporations
Couldn't give it away.
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The Magpies said.

The Magpies
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Our magpie, Pica hudsonia, has a large variety of squawks, beeps, clucks and a very raucous Scree-Scree-Scree in addition to a fair repertoire of the calls of other birds. A pair will enjoy teasing cats and dogs. Their reputation is worse than their actions. They are blamed for robbing nests (rare) and are often shot at but they persist.