F/Eb : x34000 Bb : x20000 F : 000200 C : xx2002 Ab : 330000 Gm : 220000 Harris_ my old_ friend__ good to see_ your face_ again_ More wel__-come_ though__ yon_ trap_ and_ that old__ mare_ (yon: that, trap: two-wheeled carriage For the wife__ is in a swoon__ and I _ am all_ alone__ (mare, female horse (swoon: faint Harris_ fetch thy mare__ and take us home__ (thy: your The wife_ and I_ came out__ for a quiet_ glass of stout__ And a word__ or two__ with neigh__-bours in the room____ But young_ Clea-ry_ he came_ in__ as drunk_ and wild_ as sin__ And swore__ the wife_ would leave__ the place_ with him____ But the wife_ as quick as thought_ said "No_ I'll_ bloody not"_ And struck__ the brute_ a blow__ about_ the head__ He_ rai__-sed up his ugly paw__ and lashed_ her_ on_ the jaw_ And she fell__ unto_ the floor__ like she were dead__ Now_ Harris_ well_ you know__ I've never struck_ an angry blow_ Nor_ would__ I_ keep_ a friend__ who raised_ his hands_ I was a "Cons_-cie" in_ the war__ crying "What the hell's_ this for?"_ (conscie: conscientious But I had__ to see his blood_ to be a man____ __ (objector I_ grabbed_ him by his coat_ spun him round_ and took his throat__ And_ beat__ his__ head__ u-pon_ the parlour door___ He_ dragged_ out__ an_ aw_-ful knife_ and he roared_ "I'll_ have_ your life"__ Then he struck me__ and I fell_ un__-to the floor____ Blood I_ was__ from neck_ to thigh__ bloody murder_ in his eye__ As he__ shout__-ed out__ "I'll_ finish you_ for sure"__ But as_ the_ knife_ came_ down__ I lashed_ out_ from the ground_ And the knife__ was in his_ breast__ when he rolled_ o'er_ (o'er: over Now with the wife_ as cold_ as clay_ I carried_ her_ away__ No_ hand__ was_ raised__ to help us through_ the door__ And I've_ brought__ her_ half a mile__ but I've had_ to rest awhile_ And_ none of them__ I'll call__ a friend the more____ For when_ the knife_ came down__ I was helpless_ on_ the ground_ No_ neigh__-bour stayed_ is hand_ I was alone__ By_ God!__ I_ was a man_ but now_ I cannot stand_ Please_ Harris_ fetch thy mare_ and take us home__ Oh_ Harris_ fetch thy mare_ and take us out_ of here_ In my nine_ and fifty_ years__ I'd never known____ __ That to__ call__ myself_ a man__ for my loved one_ I_ must stand__ Now_ Harris_ fetch thy mare_ and take us home____ __