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Singing, oh molasses, oh molasses rum

Oh, molasses Old New England tea

It killed my grandpa, killed my pa

And it sure as Hell is killing me

Singing, oh molasses, oh molasses rum

When they fought the war for the colonies

Oh, molasses!

They fought it over New England tea

Oh, molasses rum!

When Old King George put a tax on it 

the colonies nearly took a fit

Singing, oh molasses, oh molasses rum

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In the time of the 1917 war

Oh, molasses!

Molasses sitting on the Boston shore

Oh, molasses rum!

When they pumped it in it was twelve degrees

a long cold night in a Boston freeze

Singing, oh molasses, oh molasses rum

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In the morning it was 42

Oh, molasses!

Molasses vat split clean in two

Oh, molasses rum!

Two million gallons covered the bay

26 people drowned in the flood that day

Singing, oh molasses, oh molasses rum

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My grandpa he died cutting cane

Oh, molasses!

My pa went down in the great brown rain

Oh, molasses rum!

But I won’t go in a pool of blood

no I won’t drown in a black-strap flood

Still, I’ll go down molasses, oh molasses rum

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