G
Come all ye friends I'll sit you down,
    C              G
And sing an oleful ditty,
      C           G
T'was on a day in April month,
   Em               D
We started from the city,
   G
We planned a day or two at Mahers,
   C                 G
We stalwart men were chosen,
    C                      G
To remove ol' Charlie from Angle Pond,
         Em          D        G
Who fell in when the pond was frozen.


[Verse 2]
   G
We seven men came roaring down,
    C                   G
On the road to Roaches Line,
    C                    G
We might have stopped in Avondale
     Em                   D
or Brigus might have been fine,
    G
We was hungry as sin but we never stopped in,
      C               G
Nor took any time to park us,
     C                     G
We all of us knew that we must get
             Em       D            G
through to remove old Charlie's carcass.


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


[Verse 3]
    G
In the car was Ol' Pocket Comb and
    C                  G
beside him Old Moose Coosten,
      C                      G
And Barracuda Bill and Jimmy Clark
        Em               D
in the back seat he was roostin',
   G
There was Smiley Stubborn and the Mounted Police,
     C                  G
it wasn't hard to find him,
       C               G
And Johnny Pollack and Sagebrush
         Em            D         G
Sam was sitting right in beside him.


[Verse 4]
  G
Kevin and Buck was also there, but
       C                      G
they brought some brawn and brains,
      C                     G
They was aiming to help as best
                Em                  D
they could to remove old Chuck's remains,
  G
Charlie was like a brother to Shave
           C               G
and he loved him well of course,
   C                             G
Charlie was a very good man you see
 Em       D           G
although he'd been a horse.


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


[Verse 5]
      G
Now I'll spare you all the gruesome details
     C              G
And just relate the end.
      C                     G
With two stout dories and a few strong ropes
    Em                   D
We removed old Shavey's friend,
    G
We gave him a decent send off with
     C         G
all our hats removed,
     C                    G
So long as we helped old Shave and
            Em   D           G
his friend, our loyalty was proved.


[Verse 6]
    G
Somewhere up in the great beyond
     C                G
his eyes are shining bright,
   C               G
Charlie nods an approving nod
           Em              D
cause he knows we did him right.
 G
Shave will join him there one day
     C                       G
and he'll bring the harness leather,
     C                   G
And so and for all of eternity
          Em      D     G
they'll pull the logs together.


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


[Chorus]
    G                        C                   G
OH! 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,
   C                  G                Em       D      G
Charlie's gone to the big corral where all good horses go.