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He ain't too quaint That forlorn saint Sat atop that rain soaked wood He drags on his cigar, long and good Flannel shirt and mud smeared Jean On hard work did he wean No, he ain't too quaint That forlorn saint But the sun sure kissed him hard And left his skin crack'd and chard And his fiercest lover yet Is his own cursed sweat That runs tenderly on his skin While he works hard to purge the sin Of being born a working man
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Dec 18, 2019
Dec 18, 2019 at 11:59 PM UTC
Sunbaked John
He ain't too quaint That forlorn saint Sat atop that rain soaked wood He drags on his cigar, long and good Flannel shirt and mud smeared Jean On hard work did he wean No, he ain't too quaint That forlorn saint But the sun sure kissed him hard And left his skin crack'd and chard And his fiercest lover yet Is his own cursed sweat That runs tenderly on his skin While he works hard to purge the sin Of being born a working man
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Dec 18, 2019
Dec 18, 2019 at 11:59 PM UTC
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