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Come all ye friends I'll sit you down |
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And sing an oleful ditty, |
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T'was on a day in April month |
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We started from the city |
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We planned a day or two at Mahers |
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We stalwart men were chosen |
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To remove ol' Charlie from Angle Pond, |
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Who fell in when the pond was frozen. |
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We seven men came roaring down |
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On the road to Roaches Line, |
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We might have stopped in Avondale or Brigus might have been fine, |
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We was hungry as sin but we never stopped in |
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Nor took any time to park us, |
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We all of us knew that we must get through to remove old Charlie's carcass. |
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Here's to Charlie Horse, here's to Shave the Master |
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No better horse ne'er ran the course nor pulled the logs more faster, |
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Here's to Charlie Horse and I wants ye all to know, |
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Charlie's gone to the big corral where all good horses go. |
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In the car was Ol' Pocket Comb and beside him Old Moose Coosten, |
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And Barracuda Bill and Jimmy Clark in the back seat he was roostin' |
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There was Smiley Stubborn and the Mounted Police |
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It wasn't hard to find him, |
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And Johnny Pollack and Sagebrush Sam was sitting right in beside him. |
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Kevin and Buck was also there, but they brought some brawn and brains, |
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They was aiming to help as best they could to remove old Chuck's remains, |
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Charlie was like a brother to Shave and he loved him well of course, |
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Charlie was a very good man you see although he'd been a horse. |
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Here's to Charlie Horse, here's to Shave the Master |
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No better horse ne'er ran the course nor pulled the logs more faster, |
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Here's to Charlie Horse and I want ye all to know, |
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Charlie's gone to the big corral where all good horses go. |
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Now I'll spare you all the gruesome details |
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And just relate the end. |
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With two stout doors and a few strong ropes |
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We removed old Shady's friend, |
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We gave him a decent send off with all our hats removed, |
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So long as we helped old Shave and his friend, our loyalty was proved. |
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Somewhere up in the great beyond his eyes are shining bright, |
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Charlie nods an approving nod cause he knows we did him right. |
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Shave will join him there one day and he'll bring the harness leather, |
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And so and for all of eternity they'll pull the logs together. |
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Here's to Charlie Horse, here's to Shave the Master |
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No better horse ne'er ran the course nor pulled the logs more faster, |
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Here's to Charlie Horse and I want ye all to know, |
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Charlie's gone to the big corral where all good horses go. |
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Here's to Charlie Horse, here's to Shave the Master |
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No better horse ne'er ran the course nor pulled the logs more faster, |
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Here's to Charlie Horse and I want ye all to know, |
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Charlie's gone to the big corral where all good horses go. |
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