Artist: | Newfoundland (English) |
User: | mark clarke |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
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Come gather all around me and I'll sing to you a tale,
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About 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.
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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.
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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.
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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 RCMP a telegram she sent.
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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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Just a short time later about twelve o'clock that night,
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We had the sheep a-cooking and everyone feeling tight;
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The smell of mutton and onions no man could ask for more,
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We were chug-luggin' Dominion when a Mountie walked in the door.
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Said, sorry, boys, your party I really don't mean to wreck,
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I smelled the meat a-cookin' and I had to come in and check;
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You see the sheep was stolen and the thief is on the loose,
I said come right in and join us, sir, we're having a piece of moose.
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He said, thanks a lot and he sat right down,
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And I gave him a piece of the sheep.
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This is the finest piece of moose I knows I ever eat.
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About two o'clock in the morning, he bid us all good-day,
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If we get any clues on the sheep, sir, we'll phone you right away.
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He said thanks a lot, you're a darn fine bunch,
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And your promise I know you'll keep.
And if everyone was as good as you
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She wouldn't have lost her sheep.
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After he left we had the piece we had in the oven to roast,
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We might have stole the sheep, boys, but the Mountie ate the most.
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We might have stole the sheep, boys, but the Mountie ate the most.