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Title
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Country carrier
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Singer
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Unknown
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Song Lyrics
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Verse 1
I am a country carrier
And a joyful soul am I,
I whistle and sing from morn till night,
All troubles I defy;
I’ve one to bear me company,
And of work she does her share,
It’s not my wife, upon my life,
But a rattling old bay mare.
Chorus
Round goes the world,
And troubles I defy,
A-jogging along together my boys,
My old bay mare and I.
Verse 2
Up and down the countryside
The mare and I we go,
The folks they kindly greet us
As we journey to and fro;
The little ones they cheer us,
And the old ones stop and stare,
And lift their eyes with great surprise
At Joe and his old bay mare.
Chorus
Verse 3
When by and by the town we reach
She rattles over the stones,
She lifts her hoofs so splendidly,
She’s no one of the lazy drones;
So it’s ‘clear the road’ when Joseph comes,
You crawlers all take care,
Of the covered cart, the driver smart,
And the rattling old bay mare.
Chorus
