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The Horses Stay Behind (One Last Ride)
Ebenezer stood at 16 hands
One for my every year
And we’d been together it seemed like forever
And now we’ve ended up here
How the hell have we ended up here?
I was no coldfooter, I enlisted in October
Up in Brisbane town in 1914
My papers mark me “dark and sallow” but they might as well say callow
For I thought War adventure to be seen
And God help me for my Country I was keen
Oh-oh Ebenezer
How can I just leave ya,
To be sold to the army, or left for the mines
Forgive me for what I must do
Please forgive me for what I must do
Out of Cairo we had training, there was marching; there was praying
When demount orders came in secrecy
We were game as young Ned Kelly, and in May we all stood ready
Setting sail to reinforce the infantry
Our horses stayed behind. Gallipoli
But we went to other battles, with Waler courage, heart and mettle
They say the finest cavalry the world had known
Back when The Road to Gundagai could make a grown man cry
At times I felt it right down to the bone
When the fallen stayed behind alone
Oh-oh Ebenezer
How can I just leave ya,
To be sold to the army, or left for the mines
Forgive me for what I must do
Please forgive me for what I must do
Well, I heard it first from Murphy, thought it had to be a furphy
I thought the shell-shock finally took his mind
Oh my flamin’ oath the Squadron was lit up like a firebomb
With official word: “The horses stay behind”
We copped it bad: “The horses stay behind”
One last ride. One last ride.
One last ride. One last ride.
And I’ll be damned if I’m inclined
To leave my horse behind
Ebenezer we will go for one last ride
But I would give more than my feather if we could go back home together
And not come a gutzer out on one last ride
Ebenezer we will go for one last ride
Oh-oh Ebenezer
I just cannot leave ya,
To be sold to the army, or left for the mines
Forgive me for what I must do
Please forgive me for what I must do
God forgive me for what I must do
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Wayfaring Stranger
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Wayfaring Stranger
Traditional
I am a poor wayfaring stranger
While traveling through this world of woe
Yeah there’s no sickness, toil or danger
In that bright world to which I go
And I'm goin' there to see my father
I'm goin' there, no more to roam
I’m only goin' over Jordan
I’m only goin' over home
I know dark clouds will gather round me
And I know my way is rough and steep
Yet golden fields lie just before me
Where weary eyes no more will weep
I'm goin' there to see my mother
She said she’d meet me when I come
I’m only goin' over Jordan
I’m only goin' over home
I am a poor wayfaring stranger
While traveling through this world of woe
Yeah there’s no sickness, toil or danger
In that bright world to which I go
And I'm goin' there to see my father
I'm goin' there, no more to roam
I’m only goin' over Jordan
I’m only goin' over home
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Haystack Mountain Hermits Tamborine Mountain, Australia
Award winning Haystack Mountain Hermits are a bona fide family band: Mum, Dad and the kids are all related, all multi
instrumentalists and all go.
Between them they play guitar, mandolin, double bass, accordion, washboard, ukulele, banjo, snare drum, harmonica, xaphoon and more! Think gypsy/skiffle/bluegrass with a dash of country and crazy!
One family. One band. One day they’ll get a bigger bus.
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