Key: D minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
when the working is through
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And the fields all in furrows and
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there ain't much to do
Me and my lady, all a- riding did go
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As we wait for the reapers to mow
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
me on the plow
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Foreman's in the granary
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a- wiping his brow
Gonna break an ankle just working this row
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As we wait for the reapers to mow
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As we wait for the reapers to mow
Interlude 2
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Verse 3
the land is all wild
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And the hillside's all berries and
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thornweed for miles
Gonna plow a pasture
where no one will go
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And I'll wait for the reapers to mow
Interlude 3
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Verse 4
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Where a lordling lives splendid,
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just eating his fill
Dressed in white linen, his servants in tow
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'Til he waits for the reapers to mow
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'Til he waits for the reapers to mow
Interlude 4
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Verse 5
a land overseas
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Where the people sit idle
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and do as they please
But one thing you can't run
from wherever you go
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Is that wait for the reapers to mow
Interlude 5
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Verse 6
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I heard of a beggar, not a suit to his name
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Born in a brothel to the
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madame's disdain
Put him in the gutter or in a château
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As he'll wait for the reapers to mow
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He's gotta wait for the reapers to mow
Interlude 6
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Verse 7
the moon and the sun
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Where the stars were the jury and
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the heavens the judge
Awarded to the plaintiff,
the defendant brought low
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Verse 8
Tomorrow and tomorrow when
the working is done
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And the fields are all fallow and
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the harrow is run
Come and lie with me in
the fresh fallen snow
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And we'll wait for the reapers to mow
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And we'll wait for the reapers to mow
Outro 1
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