Name: Anti-Horse Thief Association
Duration: 2 min 13 s
Channel: Verne Garrison
Description: Free MP3 download.

Anti-Horse Thief Association

Verne Garrison (aka Lake Fork Verne)

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Verne Garrison (aka Lake Fork Verne)

Lake Fork Verne and his banjo. Original country and Americana songs. Songs of yesteryear, growing up during the great depression 1930's and the way things are

Just me and my banjo...writing and singing about how things used to be long ago in the 30;s and 40's and how those experiences affect today. I started out wanting to get on record these stories and songs for my grandchildren; but after doing it for a while, others have expresses interest so we are recording and putting them out there.

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Genre

Country • Country General

Charts

Peak #317

Peak in subgenre #107

Author

Verne Garrison

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Uploaded

February 26, 2013

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MP3

MP3 2.5 MB • 160 kbps • 2:13

Story behind the song

Neighbors would meet to discuss any loss of livestock due to rustlers or horse thiefs.  As a boy I remember hiding under a wagon and listening to the farmers talking....

Lyrics

Anti-Horse Thief Association
Copyright by: Verne Garrison
May 8, 2011, Valley Park, Mo
Banjo tuned E, Capo 1, Key of: A

  A         D   
"Any New Business?
                 A
Any Old Business Today?"
                          E
And so the Annual Meeting of the
                    E             A
Anti-Horse-Thief Association was underway

                         D                 A
I lay in the cool-grassy shade, under wood wagon
                                    D
As we were in Uncle Grover's timber today
                            A
With a tin-cup of cold well water
               E                            A
A lad of 10 or so, to hear what they had to say

                       D
Maybe a report from a neighbor,
                              A
About suspicious action he had seen
                        E
They would watch for each other
                               A
Protecting their livestock as a team

                              D
Horses and mules stomp their hooves
                         A
To shake of the blue tail flies
                                      E
Tingling, rattling harness break hot summer air
                                            A
I watched the moving white clouds in blue, blue sky

                 D                       A
After an hour or two, and the talking was done
                 E                        A
We'd  get on our horses, mules,buggies, or wagons
                                    E
Listen to the rain-crow as darkness moved in 
                                          A             
And head back the to Lake Fork Home Place again

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