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                        [Chorus]
in working down a hole. I was tall and true all of 6 foot 2. But they broke me across the back. By a name I'm 
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known and it's not my own they call me crooked jack. [Solo 1]
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[Verse 2]
The ganger's blue-eyed boy was I. Big Jack could do no wrong. And the reason simply was because I could work
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                     [Chorus]
hard hours and long. I was tall and true all of 6 foot 2. But they broke me across the back. By a name I'm
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                                                     [Verse 3]
known and it's not my own they call me crooked jack. I've seen men old before their time. Their faces drawn
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                                                                               [Chorus]
 and grey. But I never thought so soon would mine. Be lined the self-same way. I was tall and true all but 6
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foot 2. But they broke me across the back. By a name I'm known and it's not my own. They call me Crooked Jack
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 [Verse 4]
 I curse the day that I went away. To work on the hydro dams. Our sweat and tears, Our hopes and fears.
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                              [Chorus]
 Bound up in shuttering jams. I was tall and true all but 6 foot 2. But they broke me across the back. 
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 By a name I'm known and it's not my own. They call me crooked jack. [Solo 2]
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                                   [Verse 5]
                                   They say that honest toil is good. For the spirit and the soul. 
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                                                                                [Chorus]
But believe me boys it's for sweat and blood. That they want you down the hole. I was tall and true all but 6
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foot two. But they broke me across the back. By a name I'm known and it's not my own. They call me crookedjack
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