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Settler's Wife
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Settler’s Wife
By Marilla Homes
Pain and sorrow, trouble and strife
All just part of a settler’s life
Weave and spin in the dust and tin
Spare a thought for the settler’s wife
Hey ho for the settler’s life
Hey ho for the settler’s wife [x2]
Clear the scrub and till the land
See the callous on the settler’s hand
She cooks for four and she eats for two
She doesn’t get much with the settler’s band
Hey ho for the settler’s hands
Hey ho for the settler’s band [x2]
Shearing sheep will break your back
Pass it on to the settler’s jack
Keeping house while the settler’s out
Wond’ring if he will ever come back
Hey ho for the settler’s jack
Hey ho will he ever come back? [x2]
Going to the bank after fire and flood
A bullet through the skull of the settler’s stud
Sifting through the ash and the dust and mud
All but covered in the settler’s blood
Hey ho for the settler’s stud
Hey ho for the settler’s blood [x2]
Pain and sorrow, trouble and strife
All just part of a settler’s life
Weave and spin in the dust and tin
Spare a thought for the settler’s wife
Hey ho for the settler’s life
Hey ho for the settler’s wife [x2]
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Pretty Fair Maid
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Wagon Wheel
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Crooked Jack
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The Chicken Song
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Caledonia
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Madam I'm A Darling
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Johnny Be Fine
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House of the Rising Sun
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Summer Fly
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Keep
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Keep
by Marilla Homes
Keep the home fires burning
Keep the candles well alight
Keep the home fires burning
And keep your smile shining bright
Keep the joys and not the sorrows
Keep the lover not the pain
Keep the hope of new tomorrows
And keep the lesson not the shame
CHORUS
Share the tears and the laughter
Share the ups and downs as well
Share the joy forever after
The fear of loneliness to quell
CHORUS
Make the most of every moment
Make the best of every day
Make your life a true exponent
Of peace and love along the way
CHORUS
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