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Henry Lawson - Past Carin`
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Now up and down the siding brown 
 The great black crows are flyin`, 
And down below the spur, I know, 
 Another `milker`s` dyin`; 
The crops have withered from the ground, 
 The tank`s clay bed is glarin`, 
But from my heart no tear nor sound, 
 For I have gone past carin` — 
    Past worryin` or carin`, 
    Past feelin` aught or carin`; 
    But from my heart no tear nor sound, 
    For I have gone past carin`. 
 
Through Death and Trouble, turn about, 
 Through hopeless desolation, 
Through flood and fever, fire and drought, 
 And slavery and starvation; 
Through childbirth, sickness, hurt, and blight, 
 And nervousness an` scarin`, 
Through bein` left alone at night, 
 I`ve got to be past carin`. 
    Past botherin` or carin`, 
    Past feelin` and past carin`; 
    Through city cheats and neighbours` spite, 
    I`ve come to be past carin`. 
 
Our first child took, in days like these, 
 A cruel week in dyin`, 
All day upon her father`s knees, 
 Or on my poor breast lyin`; 
The tears we shed — the prayers we said 
 Were awful, wild — despairin`! 
I`ve pulled three through, and buried two 
 Since then — and I`m past carin`. 
    I`ve grown to be past carin`, 
    Past worryin` and wearin`; 
    I`ve pulled three through and buried two 
    Since then, and I`m past carin`. 
 
`Twas ten years first, then came the worst, 
 All for a dusty clearin`, 
I thought, I thought my heart would burst 
 When first my man went shearin`; 
He`s drovin` in the great North-west, 
 I don`t know how he`s farin`; 
For I, the one that loved him best, 
 Have grown to be past carin`. 
    I`ve grown to be past carin` 
    Past lookin` for or carin`; 
    The girl that waited long ago, 
    Has lived to be past carin`. 
 
My eyes are dry, I cannot cry, 
 I`ve got no heart for breakin`, 
But where it was in days gone by, 
 A dull and empty achin`. 
My last boy ran away from me, 
 I know my temper`s wearin`, 
But now I only wish to be 
 Beyond all signs of carin`. 
    Past wearyin` or carin`, 
    Past feelin` and despairin`; 
    And now I only wish to be 
    Beyond all signs of carin`.
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