Tom

The Irish come up with so many jolly songs, don't they?

Terry

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>There is an Irish song that truly defines the relationship between employer and employee. Here is the story of that song.
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>A young man goes to a hiring fair to look for a job. He is hired by a farmer and promised a warm place to sleep, food and wages. The man arrives at the farmers house only to be told “there is no more food”. So he asks where he can sleep and is led to the attic where many other workers are sleeping on the wooden floor.
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>Well, after a few days of not eating the young man goes to the farmer and complains that his bones are showing through his skin. The farmer replies, “That is all right! When you are dead there are many more like you”!
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>Yes, there is a line of hungry workers willing to take a job for promises and then there is the reality of it all.
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>Tom