The Bold Navigators
Various
Tradition TSR 019 1975
re-issued. Fellside FTSR 4 1993
A collection of songs about Britain's inland waterway system -
the canals. It features Jon Raven,
John Kirkpatrick,
Sue Harris,
Gary & Vera Aspey,
Brian Peters and Ian Woods. It's mostly a reissue of a 1974 LP of the same name issued on the Traditional Sounds label with some bonus
songs recorded in the 80s on the same subject. Includes
Come Now Begin Delving/ The Bold Navigators/ Leeds - A Seaport
Town/ Manchester Ship Canal/ Birmingham Lads/ The Captains Of The Waterways/ Keep Yer 'And Off/ Poor Old Horse and others.
Poor Old Horse
(trad. arr.)
When I was young and in my prime
And in my stable lay,
They gave to me the very best corn...
And the choicest
hay.
Poor old horse!
Poor old mare!
My master used to ride me out
And tie me to the stile,
And he was courtin
the miller's girl
While I could trot a mile.
Poor old horse!
Poor old mare!
Now I am old and done for,
And
fit for nothing at all,
I'm forced to eat the sour grass
That grows along the wall.
Poor old horse!
Poor old mare!
Then
lay my tott'ring legs so low
That have run very far,
O'er hedges and o'er ditches,
O'er tunrpike gate and bar.
Poor
old horse!
Poor old mare!
My hide I'll give to the huntsman,
My shoes I'll throw away;
The dogs shall eat
my rotten flesh,
And that's how I'll decay.
Poor old horse!
Poor old mare!
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