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T:A New Song on the Taxes
B:Singing Together, Autumn 1985, BBC Publications
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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w:All_ you young men and mai-dens come and lis-ten to my song,
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w: It is some-thing short and com-i-cal it won't de-tain you long.
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w:Go_ where you will by day or night, the town or coun-try through,
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w:The__ peo-ple cry and won-der what with us they mean to do
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w: No__ won-der peo-ple grum-ble at the tax-es more and more,
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w:There_ nev-er was such tax-es in Ire-land be-fore.
W:All you young men and maidens come and listen to my song,
W:It is something short and comical it won't detain you long.
W:Go where you will by day or night, the town or country through,
W:The people cry and wonder what with us they mean to do.
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W:(Chorus)
W:No wonder people grumble at the taxes more and more,
W:There never was such taxes in Ireland before.
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W:They're going to tax the farmers, and their horses, carts and ploughs,
W:They're going to tax the billygoats, the donkeys and the cows;
W:They're going to tax the mutton, and they're going to tax the beef,
W:And they're going to tax the women if they do not learn to read.
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W:They will tax the ladies' chignons and their boas, veils and mats,
W:They're going to tax the mouse traps and the mousies, cats and rats;
W:They'll tax the ladies' flouncey gowns, their high-heeled boots and stays,
W:And before the sun begins to shine they'll tax the bugs and fleas.