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 dories and a few strong ropes
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We removed old Shavey'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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Concerning Charlie Horse
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| Great Big Sea |
