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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.
[Verse 2]
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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
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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
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through to remove old Charlie's carcass.
[Chorus]
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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.
[Verse 3]
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In the car was Ol' Pocket Comb and
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beside him Old Moose Coosten,
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And Barracuda Bill and Jimmy Clark
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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
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Sam was sitting right in beside him.
[Verse 4]
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Kevin and Buck was also there, but
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they brought some brawn and brains,
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They was aiming to help as best
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they could to remove old Chuck's remains,
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Charlie was like a brother to Shave
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and he loved him well of course,
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Charlie was a very good man you see
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although he'd been a horse.
[Chorus]
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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.
[Verse 5]
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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
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all our hats removed,
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So long as we helped old Shave and
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his friend, our loyalty was proved.
[Verse 6]
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Somewhere up in the great beyond
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his eyes are shining bright,
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Charlie nods an approving nod
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cause he knows we did him right.
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Shave will join him there one day
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and he'll bring the harness leather,
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And so and for all of eternity
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they'll pull the logs together.
[Chorus]
G C G
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.
[Chorus]
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OH! 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.
