Iron-clad, feather-feet the dust On day, towards evening Sweat veins standing proud to the plough on a deep chest, seasoning
Last of the line at an days toil Turning the sod under Flint at the fetlock, the bone at the nostrils plunder
The Suffolk, the Clydesdale, the vie With the shire on his feathers, Hauling soft into the dusk To bed on a straw coating
Heavy horses the land under me Behind the plough gliding, and sliding free And now youre to the few and theres no work to do The on its way
Let me you a filly for your proud stallion seeds To the old line going And stand you abreast at the back of the woods the young trees growing
To hide you from eyes that mock at your eighteen hands at the shoulder And one day when the oil have all dripped dry And the nights are seen to draw
Theyll beg for your strength, gentle power Your noble grace and your And youll strain once to the sound of the gulls In the of the deep plough, sharing
Heavy horses move the land me Behind the plough gliding, slipping and sliding And now youre to the few and theres no work to do The on its way
Standing like on the brow of the hill Up into the cold facing In stiff harness, chained to the world Against the low sun
me a wheel of oaken woods A rein of polished A horse and a tumbling sky Brewing heavy
a song for the evening Clean brass to the dawn Across these acres Like dew on a lawn
In these dark towns, lie sleeping As the horses thunder by So the dying city the living horsemans cry
At once the old quicken Bring pick and wisp and curry Thrill to the of all the Heavy horses home
Iron-clad, pounding the dust On day, towards evening Sweat embossed standing proud to the plough Salt on a chest, seasoning
me a wheel of oaken woods A of polished leather A heavy and the tumbling sky Brewing weather
Heavy horses the land under me Behind the plough gliding, slipping and sliding And now down to the few and theres no work to do The on its way
Oh, heavy horses move the under me the plough gliding, slipping and sliding free And now down to the few and theres no work to do The on its way
Oh, heavy horses move the under me Behind the plough gliding, and sliding free And now youre to the few and theres no work to do The on its way
Now heavy move the land under me Behind the plough gliding, slipping and sliding