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Great Big Sea - Tickle Cove Pond lyrics
(Trad) In cuttin' and haulin' in frost and in snow We're up against troubles that few people know It's only by courage and patience and grit And eating plain foods that we keep ourselves fit The hard and the easy we take as they come And when ponds freeze over we shorten our runs To hurry my haulin with spring comin' on I near lost me a mare out on Tickle Cove Pond Chorus: Lay hold William Olford, lay hold William White Lay hold of the cordage and pull all your might Lay hold of the bowline and pull all you can And give me a lift with poor Kit on the pond I knew that the ice grew weaker each day But I still took the risk and kept haulin away One evening in April bound home with a load My mare showed some haltin' against the ice road She knew more than I did, as matters turned out Been lucky for me had I joined her in doubt She turned round her head, with tears in her eyes As if she were saying "You're risking our lives!" All this I ignored, with a whip-handled blow For man is a stupid dumb creature you know And the very next moment, the pond gave a sigh And up to our necks went poor Kitty and I Chorus (instrumental solo) Now if I had taken wise Kitty's advice I ne'er would have made that shortcut on the ice Poor creature she's dead, poor creature she's gone I'll ne'er get my mare out of Tickle Cove Pond But I raised an alarm you could hear for a mile The neighbours showed up in a very short while You can always rely on the Olfords and Whites To render assistance in all your bad plights To help a poor neighbour is part of their lives The same can be said for their children and wives And with the rope fastened around the mare's breast William White for a shanty song made a request There was no time for thinking, no time for delay Straight from his heart came this song rightaway Chorus Last Chorus: Lay hold William Olford lay hold William White Lay hold of the cordage and pull all your might Lay hold of the bowline and pull all you can And with that we pulled Kit out of Tickle Cove Pond |
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