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While	hunting for	fox, we	first came this	way

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From	Lake Pembroke	township took	many a long	day

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To	cut through the	bush and we	found a new	rush

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With a	mine called the	Gin and	Raspberry

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	Oh but it's	hard,	cruel and	cold

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	Searching	Cardrona for	nuggets of	gold

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An	ounce to the	bucket and we'll	all sell our	souls

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For a	taste of the	Gin and	Raspberry

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The	rumours went	out and the	thousands poured	in

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A	handful grew	rich and	many grew	thin

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They	all hoped to	find their	own patch of	tin

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As	rich as the	Gin and	Raspberry

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At	first it was	summer, and we	all thought it	grand

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No	shirts on our	backs as we	sluiced and we	panned

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But	then came the	snow and the	southern winds	blow

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And there's	ice in the	Gin and	Raspberry

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Young	Billy Mc	Grath, he worked	hard and worked	long

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Always	ready to	smile and to	sing us a	song

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But	then he struck	gold and was	found dead and	cold

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	Down in the	Gin and	Raspberry

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So I'll	work out my	time and I'll	stay out of	strife

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I'll	save all me	tin to send	home to me	wife

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And	when the job's	done, I'll	leave at the	run

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And to	hell with the	Gin and	Raspberry

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Come and	drink up your	Gin and	Raspberry