Concerning Charlie Horse

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' charlie's carcass

R: Here's to Charlie horse and here's to Shave the master

No better horse e'er ran the course or pulled the logs more faster

Here's to Charlie horse and we wants ye all to know

Charlie's 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 wasn't 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' chuck's remains Charlie Was like a brudder' to Shave and he loved him well of course Charlie was a Very good man you see although he'd been a horse

R: Here's to Charlie horse...

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 he'll bring the harness leather

and so unto all eternity they'll pull the logs together

R: Here's to Charlie horse...