The Maid Behind the Bar

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Oh there was a maid behind the bar
and that was where she stayed
Though her friends all cried "come out! come out!"
they never never could persuade
the maid behind the bar to move,
she never would come out
Her sole purpose on this earthly plane
was serving mugs of stout!

Oh unambitious serving maid
you're overworked and underpaid
Have you no longing to be free,
no existential agony?
While serving beers and stouts
to ungrateful drunken louts
Oh is it too late to change her fate,
the maid behind the bar?

Peter Cooper, "The Complete Irish Fiddle Player"