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Come gather all around me and I'll sing to you a tale,
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A-bout the boys in Carmanville who almost went to jail.
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It happened on a November's night when all hands were asleep,
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We crept up over Joe Tulk's hill and stole Aunt Martha's sheep.


[Verse 2]
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Now, if you pay attention, I know  I'll make you laugh,
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They never went to steal the sheep, they went to steal the calf;
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The old cow she got angry 'cause they woke her from her sleep,
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We couldn't take any chances so we had to steal the sheep.


[Verse 3]
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We caught the wooly animal and dragged her from her pen,
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She said good-bye to the little lamb she'd never see again;
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She knew that those dark strangers soon would take her life,
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In less than half an hour she felt that dreadful knife.


[Verse 4]
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Aunt Martha she got angry when she heard about the loss,
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She said she'd catch the robbers no matter what the cost;
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Next morning just at sunrise she to the office went,
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And to the R.C.M.P. a telegram she sent.


[Verse 5]
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The Mountie got the message and started in to read,
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This is from Aunt Martha telling an awful deed:
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Last night my sheep was  stolen by whom I cannot tell,
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I'd like for you to catch them and take them off to jail.
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I'd like for you to catch them and take them off to jail...