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THE BOYS OUT THERE
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We 'ear a lot about reward;
We praise, an' sling the cheers about;
But there was debts we can't repay
Piled up on us one single day—
When that first list come out.
There ain't no way to pay that debt.
Do wot we can—there's somethin' yet.