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Come all yee friends ill sit ya down and sing an o-ful ditty
Twas on a day in April month we started from the city
We planned a day or two at mars we stalwart men were chosen
To remove ol Charlie from angle pond
Who fell in when the pond was frozen
We seven men came roarin down on the road to Roaches Line
We might have stopped in Avondale, or Brigus might have been fine
We was hungry as sin but we never stopped in
Nor took any time to park us we all of us knew that we must get through To remove ol charlies carcass
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Heres to Charlie horse and heres to Shave the master
No better horse e'er ran the course or pulled the logs more faster
Heres to Charlie horse and we wants ye all to know
Charlies gone to the big corral, where all good horses go
In the car there was no pocket comb, and beside him Mo' was coastin
And Barret 'Bullet' Bill and jimmy Clark in the backseat he was roastin they were Smiley stubborn at the mounted police
It wasnt hard to find 'em and Johnny Pollock
And Sageworth Sam was sittin right in behind them
Kevin and Buck was also there for they brought some braun and brains they Was aimin to help as best they could to remove ol chucks remains Charlie Was like a brudder to Shave and he loved him well of course Charlie was a Very good man you see although hed been a horse
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Now ill spare you all the gruesome details and just relate the end
With two stout dories and a few strong ropes
We removed old Shavey's friend we gave him a decent sendoff
With all our hats removed
To off we send ol Shave and his friend our loyalty was proved
Somewhere up in the great beyond his eyes are shining bright
Charlie nods an approving nod cuz he knows we did him right
Shave will join him there one day and hell bring the harness leather
and so unto all eternity theyll pull the logs together
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