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Harris and the Mare
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By: Stan Rodgers
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Harris, my old friend, good to see your face again
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More welcome, though, yon trap and that old mare
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For the wife is in a swoon, and I am all alone
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Harris, fetch thy mare and take us home
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The wife and I came out for a quiet glass of stout
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And a word or two with neighbors in the room
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But young Clary, he came in, as drunk and wild as sin
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And swore the wife would leave the place with him
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But the wife as quick as thought said, "No, I'll bloody not"
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Then struck the brute a blow about the head
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He raised his ugly paw, and he lashed her on the jaw
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And she fell onto the floor like she were dead
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Now Harris, well you know, I've never struck an angry blow
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Nor would I keep a friend who raised his hand
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I was a conscie in the war, cryin' what the hell's this for?
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But I had to see his blood to be a man
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I grabbed him by his coat, spun him 'round and took his throat
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And beat his head upon the parlor door
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He dragged out an awful knife, and he roared "I'll have your life"
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And he stuck me and I fell onto the floor
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Now blood I was from neck to thigh, bloody murder in his eye
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As he shouted out "I'll finish you for sure"
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But as the knife came down, I lashed out from the ground
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And the knife was in his breast and he rolled o'er
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Now with the wife as cold as clay I carried her away
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No hand was raised to help us through the door
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And I've brought her half a mile, but I've had to rest a while
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And none of them I'll call a friend no more
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For when the knife came down, I was helpless on the ground
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No neighbor stayed his hand, I was alone
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By God, I was a man, but now I cannot stand
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Please, Harris, fetch thy mare, take us home
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Oh, Harris, fetch thy mare, and take us out of here
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In my nine and fifty years I've never known
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That to call myself a man, for my loved one I must stand
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Now Harris, fetch thy mare take us home
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