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Thread #113151 Message #3125444
Posted By: kendall
31-Mar-11 - 08:14 AM
Thread Name: Songs about Horses
Subject: Lyr Add: THE BLIZZARD (Harlan Howard)^^
THE BLIZZARD (Harlan Howard)
There's a blizzard coming on How I'm wishing I was home My pony's lame and he can hardly stand Listen to that norther sigh If we don't get home we'll die It's only seven miles to Mary Ann It's only seven miles to Mary Ann.
That wind's howling and it seems mighty like a woman's screams We'd best be moving faster if we can Dan, just think about that barn and that hay so soft and warm It's only 5 more miles to Mary Ann.
You can bet we're on her mind cause its nearly supper time I'll bet there's hot biscuits in the pan Lord, my hands feel like they're froze and there's numbness in my toes But it's only 3 more miles to Mary Ann, It's only three more miles to Mary Ann.
Dan get up you onery cuss or you'll be the death of us, I'm so weary but I'll help you if I can, Alright Dan, perhaps it's best that we stop a while and rest It's still 100 yards to Mary Ann It's still a hundred yards to Mary Ann.
Late that night the storm was gone and they found him there at dawn He'd have made it but he couldn't leave old Dan, They found him on the plain with his hands froze to the reins, He was just a hundred yards from Mary Ann, He was just a hundred yards from Mary Ann. ^^ Note from Joe Offer: Songfile.com says the songwriter was Harlan Howard. Harlan Howard recorded the song, as did Ed Ames, Jim Reeves, and Chris Ledoux.