[artist:Great Big Sea]
[title:Concerning Charlie Horse]
[album:The Hard and the Easy]
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[00:00.83]Come all ye friends I'll sit you down
[00:03.22]And sing an oleful ditty,
[00:05.62]T'was on a day in April month
[00:08.02]We started from the city
[00:10.41]We planned a day or two at Mahers
[00:12.82]We stalwart men were chosen
[00:15.40]To remove ol' Charlie from Angle Pond,
[00:18.61]Who fell in when the pond was frozen.
[00:23.10]We seven men came roaring down
[00:24.80]On the road to Roaches Line,
[00:26.70]We might have stopped in Avondale or Brigus might have been fine,
[00:29.70]We was hungry as sin but we never stopped in
[00:31.69]Nor took any time to park us,
[00:33.30]We all of us knew that we must get through to remove old Charlie's carcass.
[00:36.82]Here's to Charlie Horse, here's to Shave the Master
[00:39.94]No better horse ne'er ran the course nor pulled the logs more faster,
[00:43.64]Here's to Charlie Horse and I wants ye all to know,
[00:47.05]Charlie's gone to the big corral where all good horses go.
[00:52.96]In the car was Ol' Pocket Comb and beside him Old Moose Coosten,
[00:56.46]And Barracuda Bill and Jimmy Clark in the back seat he was roostin'
[00:59.76]There was Smiley Stubborn and the Mounted Police
[01:01.56]It wasn't hard to find him,
[01:03.25]And Johnny Pollack and Sagebrush Sam was sitting right in beside him.
[01:06.65]Kevin and Buck was also there, but they brought some brawn and brains,
[01:09.93]They was aiming to help as best they could to remove old Chuck's remains,
[01:13.42]Charlie was like a brother to Shave and he loved him well of course,
[01:16.82]Charlie was a very good man you see although he'd been a horse.
[01:20.34]Here's to Charlie Horse, here's to Shave the Master
[01:23.55]No better horse ne'er ran the course nor pulled the logs more faster,
[01:27.14]Here's to Charlie Horse and I want ye all to know,
[01:30.42]Charlie's gone to the big corral where all good horses go.
[01:36.75]
[02:03.71]Now I'll spare you all the gruesome details
[02:05.52]And just relate the end.
[02:07.11]With two stout doors and a few strong ropes
[02:08.91]We removed old Shady's friend,
[02:10.62]We gave him a decent send off with all our hats removed,
[02:13.81]So long as we helped old Shave and his friend, our loyalty was proved.
[02:17.42]Somewhere up in the great beyond his eyes are shining bright,
[02:21.01]Charlie nods an approving nod cause he knows we did him right.
[02:24.30]Shave will join him there one day and he'll bring the harness leather,
[02:27.60]And so and for all of eternity they'll pull the logs together.
[02:31.10]Here's to Charlie Horse, here's to Shave the Master
[02:34.30]No better horse ne'er ran the course nor pulled the logs more faster,
[02:37.91]Here's to Charlie Horse and I want ye all to know,
[02:41.32]Charlie's gone to the big corral where all good horses go.
[02:45.85]Here's to Charlie Horse, here's to Shave the Master
[02:48.54]No better horse ne'er ran the course nor pulled the logs more faster,
[02:51.93]Here's to Charlie Horse and I want ye all to know,
[02:55.32]Charlie's gone to the big corral where all good horses go.
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