G
Come all ye friends I'll sit you down,
CG
And sing an oleful ditty,
CG
T'was on a day in April month,
EmD
We started from the city,
G
We planned a day or two at Mahers,
CG
We stalwart men were chosen,
CG
To remove ol' Charlie from Angle Pond,
EmDG
Who fell in when the pond was frozen.
[Verse 2]
G
We seven men came roaring down,
CG
On the road to Roaches Line,
CG
We might have stopped in Avondale
EmD
or Brigus might have been fine,
G
We was hungry as sin but we never stopped in,
CG
Nor took any time to park us,
CG
We all of us knew that we must get
EmDG
through to remove old Charlie's carcass.
[Chorus]
GCG
Here's to Charlie Horse, here's to Shave the Master,
CGEmD
No better horse ne'er ran the course nor pulled the logs more faster,
GCG
Here's to Charlie Horse and I wants ye all to know,
CGEmDG
Charlie's gone to the big corral where all good horses go.
[Verse 3]
G
In the car was Ol' Pocket Comb and
CG
beside him Old Moose Coosten,
CG
And Barracuda Bill and Jimmy Clark
EmD
in the back seat he was roostin',
G
There was Smiley Stubborn and the Mounted Police,
CG
it wasn't hard to find him,
CG
And Johnny Pollack and Sagebrush
EmDG
Sam was sitting right in beside him.
[Verse 4]
G
Kevin and Buck was also there, but
CG
they brought some brawn and brains,
CG
They was aiming to help as best
EmD
they could to remove old Chuck's remains,
G
Charlie was like a brother to Shave
CG
and he loved him well of course,
CG
Charlie was a very good man you see
EmDG
although he'd been a horse.
[Chorus]
GCG
Here's to Charlie Horse, here's to Shave the Master,
CGEmD
No better horse ne'er ran the course nor pulled the logs more faster,
GCG
Here's to Charlie Horse and I wants ye all to know,
CGEmDG
Charlie's gone to the big corral where all good horses go.
[Verse 5]
G
Now I'll spare you all the gruesome details
CG
And just relate the end.
CG
With two stout dories and a few strong ropes
EmD
We removed old Shavey's friend,
G
We gave him a decent send off with
CG
all our hats removed,
CG
So long as we helped old Shave and
EmDG
his friend, our loyalty was proved.
[Verse 6]
G
Somewhere up in the great beyond
CG
his eyes are shining bright,
CG
Charlie nods an approving nod
EmD
cause he knows we did him right.
G
Shave will join him there one day
CG
and he'll bring the harness leather,
CG
And so and for all of eternity
EmDG
they'll pull the logs together.
[Chorus]
GCG
Here's to Charlie Horse, here's to Shave the Master,
CGEmD
No better horse ne'er ran the course nor pulled the logs more faster,
GCG
Here's to Charlie Horse and I wants ye all to know,
CGEmDG
Charlie's gone to the big corral where all good horses go.
[Chorus]
GCG
OH! Here's to Charlie Horse, here's to Shave the Master,
CGEmD
No better horse ne'er ran the course nor pulled the logs more faster,
GCG
Here's to Charlie Horse and I wants ye all to know,
CGEmDG
Charlie's gone to the big corral where all good horses go.