[Verse 1]
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Come all ye friends I'll sit you down and sing an oleful ditty,
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T'was on a day in April month, we started from the city,
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We planned a day or two at Mahers, we stalwart men were chosen,
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To remove ol' Charlie from Angle Pond, who fell in when the pond was frozen.

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[Verse 2]
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We seven men came roaring down, 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 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.


[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 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, it wasn't hard to find him,
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And Johnny Pollack and Sagebrush Sam was sitting right in beside him.


[Verse 4]
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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.


[Chorus]

[Bridge]
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[Verse 5]
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Now I'll spare you all the gruesome details and just relate the end.
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With two stout dories and a few strong ropes 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.


[Verse 6]
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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.


[Chorus] (x2)
G                        C                   G
Here's to Charlie Horse, here's to Shave the Master,
   C                  G                  Em                   D
No better horse ne'er ran the course nor pulled the logs more faster,
G                             C               G
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.

(2nd time play last line like below)

C                     G   Em           G        D      G
Charlie's gone to the big corral where all good horses go.

[Outro]
G, C, D x2  G