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

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

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

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

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

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