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In Wellington town at the sign of the plough
There lived a molecatcher, shall I tell you how?
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Singing to rel i day fol di lie
Laddie lie laddie di day
He'd go a molecatching from morning to night
And a young fellow came for to play with his wife.
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The molecatcher was jealous of this very thing
He hid in the wash house to see him come in.
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He saw the young fellow come over the stile
Which caused the molecatcher so crafty to smile.
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He knocked on the door and thus he did say
"Where is your husband, good woman, I pray?"
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"He's gone a-molecatching, you need never fear"
But little did she think the molecatcher was near.
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She went up the stairs and gave him the sign
And the molecatcher followed them quickly behind.
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And while the young fellow was up to his frolics
The molecatcher caught him right fast by his ballocks.
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The trap it squeezed tighter, which caused him to smile
Saying, "Here's the best mole that I've caught in a while".
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"I'll make you pay dearly for tilling my ground
And the money it'll cop you no less than ten pound".
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"Ten pound," says the young fellow, "That I don't mind
It only works out about tuppence a grind".
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So come all you young fellows and mind what you're at
And don't get 'em caught in the molecatcher's trap.
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