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"The Magpies" lyrics

Paul Kelly, James Ledger, Alice Keath & Seraphim Trio Lyrics

"The Magpies"

When Tom and Elizabeth took the farm
The bracken made their bed
And Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
The magpies said

Tom's hand was strong to the plough
Elizabeth's lips were red
And Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
The magpies said

Year in year out they worked
While the pines grew overhead
And Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
The magpies said

But all the beautiful crops soon went
To the mortgage man instead
And Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
The magpies said

Elizabeth is dead now (it's years ago)
Old Tom went light in the head
And Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
The magpies said

The farm's still there. Mortgage corporations
Couldn't give it away
And Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle
The magpies say


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Writer(s): Paul Kelly, Denis Glover
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album: "Thirteen Ways To Look At Birds" (2019)
Paul Kelly, James Ledger, Alice Keath & Seraphim Trio - Thirteen Ways To Look At Birds album cover
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