I'd work it for a gentleman I'd work it by the day
Down in a little garden close by the highway
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I saw something dancing I thought it was a hare
Says I why don't I go and try to catch it in a snare
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It was early in the morning before the break of day
But the keeper sat in an arbour bush close by the highway
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They upped me off to prison I suffered more and more
For six long weeks and better my bed was made of straw
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I have a very large family at home I heard my neighbour say
That they only had one half penn' 'orth loaf for eight one summer day
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