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T:The Painful Plough.
B:Songs of the West by S. Baring-Gould.
S:Rodger Huggins, mason, Lydford.
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w:O *A-dam was *a plough-*boy, when ploughing *first be-
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w:gun, The *next that did *suc-ceed *him was
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w:Cain, his eld-est son: Some of the gen-e-
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w:ra-*tion this cal-ling still pur-sue, That
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w:bread may not *be want-*ing, they la-bour at the plough.
W:O Adam was a ploughboy, when ploughing first begun,
W:The next that did succeed him was Cain his eldest son;
W:Some of the generation this calling still  pursue,
W:That bread may not be wanting, they labour at the plough.
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W:Samson was the strongest man, and Solomon was wise,
W:And Alexander conquering, he made the world his prize,
W:King David was a valiant man, and many thousands slew,
W:Yet none of all these heroes bold could live without the plough.
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W:Behold the wealthy merchant, that trades on foreign seas,
W:And brings home gold and treasure, for such as live at ease,
W:With spices and with cinnamon, and oranges also,
W:They're brought us from the Indies, by virtue of the plough.
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W:I hope there's none offended at me for singing this,
W:For never I intended to sing you ought amiss.
W:And if you well consider, you'll find the saying true,
W:That all mankind dependeth upon the painful plough.
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