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Thread #14872 Message #3741717
Posted By: GUEST
04-Oct-15 - 09:25 AM
Thread Name: ADD: Last Trip Home (Davy Steele/J. McCusker)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Last Trip Home (Battlefield Band)
'hae' = have; muckle = many
I hae warked on farms an' frae the start The muckle horse's won my heart Wi' big broad back they proudly stands The uncrowned kings o' a' the lands An' yet for all their power an' strength, They're as gentle as a summer's wind CHORUS So steady, boys, walk on; Our work is nearly done; No more we'll till or plow the fields -- The horse's day is gone, And this'll be the last trip home, So steady , boys, walk on. Now you'll hear men sing the songs of praise Of Arab stallions in a race Or hunters that vie with the hounds To chase the fox and run him down But none of them compare, I vow Tae a workin' pair that pulls the plow, Chorus So steady boys walk on our work is nearly done no more we'll till or plow the fields our work is nearly done and this will be our last trip home so steady boys walk on.
An' o'er the years I've plied my trade And' a' the fields we've plowed and laid I never thought I'd fear the time That a Clydesdale's work would ever end That progress runs its driven course And tractors hae replaced the horse Chorus As we head back the friends that line the road To be there one last time for nane o' them wid want tae miss The chance to see us pass like this They'll say they saw in years tae come The muckle horses' last trip home chorus