The Fabulous History of the Churchill Falls Barrel Races - Jay Munly

The Fabulous History of the Churchill Falls Barrel Races - Jay Munly
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Yeah he had drag us all over these Americas
From Buenos Aires up to Billings Montana
Today we're in the southern states of America
Somewhere somewhere
Working in some iron cave
My papa had his pick axe propped above his head
And without another swing he heard that voice
He heard what is said
And he cried out
Cry
Oh not again
He dropped his pick axe right there on the cave floor
Headed on up out and made a left turn
That's north east to you and I
My 13 years old sister she gathered up the rest of the family
To see what our papa was going this time this time
We got outside
We could tell by the itch in his walk
By the stoop in his shoulder
By the angle of his mining boots
He was going back home
Back home to Labrador
Oh welcome normal
And she called
Cries
We gotta stay right here
We gotta face his heir
We cannot disappear
Yeah the all family got caught up in his hullabaloo
Picking up those mining rocks whipping them at my papa
My sister she took her pick axe
Tried to spade it through my father's back
But she missed she throws like a woman
But my sweetheart my mama she took off her iron necklace
And she cranked my father in the back of the head
He slowed down
With a sweep of his great right arm
He swept up all this articles
He swept up that pick axe
He swept up the mining rocks
He swept up that iron necklace
And put them in his sack
He headed back to Labrador
Welcome normal
Back home to Labrador
Welcome normal
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Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
He went to Buffalo New York
He came to Montreal
Spoke to some of my relations there
He made a left turn at Trois Rivières
And he came to Churchill falls
He looked 127 meters up into the sky
I don't know your American conversion
And a branch came over his face
And his decision was made
So he took out my sisters pick axe
Started hacking away in this maple tree
He cut 16 even pieces
Put them in a shape of a barrel
He started hacking away in the stomp of this maple tree
To make a bottom for the barrel
He started hacking away in this stomp of a maple tree
To make a top for the barrel
He put the barrel on his back
And east about a mile of Churchill river
Threw the barrel in the water into the river
Threw himself into the barrel into the water in the river
And started floating down Churchill river
Inside the barrel he came to Churchill falls
With downtown
Downtown
Downtown
Downtown
Downtown
Downtown
Downtown
Downtown
He was a bit pissed off at the good fortune of his continue life
You see he'd been making a hole his whole life
Hiding down inside
And now this one he made from his daughter's own pick axe
He made to well to well
So he took this hole of a barrel
Propped it underneath Churchill river
Let it fill up with water from Churchill falls
He took his rucksack
Emptied out the mining rocks
Put them inside the barrel
He took that pick axe put it inside the barrel
He took my sweetheart my mama's necklace wrapped around his wrist
He got inside that barrel
And he held that
Top of the barrel above his head
And the water sent him down
You see there were all those people gathered around
To see what this man was doing
At Churchill falls
He was crouched down that barrel
Those mining rocks rubbing against his buttocks
That pick axe rubbing against his groin rubbing against his chin
And that iron necklace wrapped around his wrist
And the people outside the swore they heard my father say this
Immerse me full fall river to deliver me my crimes
Immerse me full fall river to deliver me my crimes
Ladies and gentlemen
That is the fabulous history of the Churchill falls barrel races
And to this day
The contestants of the barrel races
For some reason unbeknownst to them
They must were an iron necklace around their wrist
And the caller of the race
He doesn't call 1 2 3
He doesn't call ready steady go
He doesn't call on your marks
But he calls this
Come on come on come on come on come on
Come on come on come on come on come on
Come on come on come on come on come on
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