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[stave 1 treble 1 text underlay ulevel -25]
"Have ye heard the rule, me boys, the la-test rule, me boys? Ye mus-tn't"
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"work more than eight hours a-ny day or else you're fined.= Eight hours"
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"work a day= then eight hours to play,= Ye must work no more d'ye mind?"
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"Pat had a load of bricks to-night, 'twas stri-king six, the top of the"
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"lad-der he was on but would-n't leave thim thin he would-n't work o-ver-"
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"time for that would be a crime, Says he, ``I'll car-ry thim down a-gin.''"
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"For I've worked eight hours this day, And I think I've earned my pay,"
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"When the clock struck six he tuk down the bricks, He would-n't work half"
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"a min-ute long-er. "
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