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In cuttin' and haulin' in frost and in snow |
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We're up against troubles that few people know |
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It's only by courage and patience and grit |
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And eatin' plain food that we keep ourselves fit |
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The hard and the easy we take as they come |
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And when ponds freeze over we shorten our runs |
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To hurry my haulin' with spring coming on |
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I near lost me a mare out on |
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Tickle Cove |
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PondLay hold |
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William Oldford, lay hold |
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William White |
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Lay hold of the cordage and pull all your might |
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Lay hold of the bowline and pull all you can |
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And give me a lift with poor |
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Kit on the pond |
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I knew that the ice grew weaker each day |
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But still took the risk and kept haulin' away |
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One evening in |
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April bound home with a load |
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My mare showed some halting against the ice road |
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She knew more than |
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I did as matters turned out |
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Been lucky for me had |
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I joined her in doubt |
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She turned 'round her head with tears in her eyes |
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As if she were sayin', "You're risking our lives" |
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All this I ignored with a whip handle blow |
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For man is a stupid dumb creature, you know |
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And the very next moment the pond gave a sigh |
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And up to our necks went poor |
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Kitty and |
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ILay hold |
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William Oldford, lay hold |
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William White |
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Lay hold of the cordage and pull all your might |
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Lay hold of the bowline and pull all you can |
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And give me a lift with poor |
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Kit on the pond |
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And if I had taken wise |
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Kitty's advice |
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I never would have made that short cut on the ice |
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Poor creature she's dead, poor creature she's gone |
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I'll never get my mare out of |
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Tickle Cove |
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PondBut I raised an alarm, you could hear for a mile |
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And neighbors showed up in a very short while |
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You can always rely on the |
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Oldfords and |
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WhitesTo render assistance in all your bad plights |
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To help a kind neighbor is part of their lives |
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The same can be said for their children and wives |
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And with the rope fastened around the mare's breast |
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William White for a shanty song made a request |
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There was no time for thinkin', no time for delay |
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Straight from his heart came this song right away |
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Lay hold William |
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Oldford, lay hold |
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William White |
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Lay hold of the cordage and pull all your might |
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Lay hold of the bowline and pull all you can |
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And give me a lift with poor |
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Kit on the pond |
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Lay hold William |
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Oldford, lay hold |
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William White |
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Lay hold of the cordage and pull all your might |
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Lay hold of the bowline and pull all you can |
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And with that we took |
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Kit out of |
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Tickle Cove |
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Pond |
