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