“Put ya shoulder to the handle, if ya dare, and hoist that bucket hither,
Crank'n'hoist'n'hoist'n'crank, till ya muscles waste'n'wither.”

—  Nick Cave

Song lyrics, From Her to Eternity (1984), Well of Misery

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