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COME along for the work is ready -- / Rough it may be, rough, tough and hard -- / But -- fourteen years old -- stout, strong and steady, / Life's game's beginning, lad! -- play your card -- / Come along.
Mother stands at the door-step crying / Well but she has a brave heart too: / She'll try to be glad -- there's nought like trying, / She's proud of having a son like you. / Come along.
Young as she is, her hair is whitening, / She has ploughed thro' years of sorrow deep, / She looks at her boy, and her eyes are brightening, / Shame if ever you make them weep! / Come along.
Bravo! See how the brown cheek flushes! / Ready to work as hard as you can? / I have always faith in a boy that blushes, / None will blush for him, when he's a man. / Come along.