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You're blessed if you have the strength to work.
You're blessed if you have the strength to work.
 When Darby saw the setting sun
 He swung his scythe, and home he run,
  Sat down, drank read more 
 When Darby saw the setting sun
 He swung his scythe, and home he run,
  Sat down, drank off his quart and said,
   "My work is done, I'll go to bed."
    "My work is done!" retorted Joan,
     "My work is done! Your constant tone,
      But hapless woman ne'er can say
       'My work is done' till judgment day." 
 What work's, my countrymen, in hand? Where go you
 With bats and clubs? The matter? Speak, I pray you.  
 What work's, my countrymen, in hand? Where go you
 With bats and clubs? The matter? Speak, I pray you. 
May you - Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, dance like no-one is read more
May you - Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, dance like no-one is watching, screw like it's being filmed, and drink like a true Irishman
Handle your tools without mittens.
Handle your tools without mittens.
 When Adam dalfe and Eve spane
 So spire if thou may spede,
  Where was then the pride read more 
 When Adam dalfe and Eve spane
 So spire if thou may spede,
  Where was then the pride of man,
   That nowe merres his mede? 
I like work; It fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.
I like work; It fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.
A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.
A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.
 Tho' we earn our bread, Tom,
 By the dirty pen,
  What we can we will be,
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 Tho' we earn our bread, Tom,
 By the dirty pen,
  What we can we will be,
   Honest Englishmen.
    Do the work that's nearest
     Though it's dull at whiles,
      Helping, when we meet them,
       Lame dogs over stiles.