The Carter - traditional English Folk song

Hommage à mon arrière-grand père maternel

 

 

When I was a young man, I worked with a team
And me only delight was in keepin' 'em clean
With brushes and curries, I'd show their fine colour
And the name as they gave I was a hearty good fellow

As I do in the evening, I goes to my bed
The thought of my horses comes into my head
And I rise the next morning with something to eat
Just as soon as I can get my shoes on my feet

And as we go driving, out on the highway
When light goes their load why I feeds 'em some hay
And I gives 'em some water, when we comes to a pond
And after they've drunk boys move steadily on

My legs they do go weary, a walking by their side
And I says to myself you must get up and ride
And as we go riding, I make a new song
And as I do sing you must learn it along

When I was a young man, I worked with a team
And me only delight was in keepin' 'em clean
With brushes and curries, I'd show their fine colour
And the name as they gave I was a hearty good fellow