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I bargained in life for a penny
And life would pay no more
However I begged at evening
When I counted my scanty score
For life is just employer,
He gives you what you ask,
But once you have set the wages,
Why, you must bear the task
I worked for a menial’s hire,
Only to learn, dismayed,
That any wage I had asked of life,
Life would have willingly paid.
And life would pay no more
However I begged at evening
When I counted my scanty score
For life is just employer,
He gives you what you ask,
But once you have set the wages,
Why, you must bear the task
I worked for a menial’s hire,
Only to learn, dismayed,
That any wage I had asked of life,
Life would have willingly paid.
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