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(Run On) Shufflin' Joe
03:37
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When he was just a boy, his early teens
Delivery from door-to-door
Always in a rush to get em out on time
Hurry to deliver more
Running and a-leaping 'stead of going 'round
Fences and a-hedges in a single bound
The Running Newsboy born
Speeding out there ev'ry morn
Oh, run on Shufflin Joe, run on
Run on, Shufflin Joe
Not one man faster at the starting gun
Be it steeplechase or on the road
Lickin any challenger from miles around
When he crossed the finish there was just one sound
There goes Shufflin Joe McCluskey, The winner is Shufflin Joe!
At MHS, then Fordham Flash
The champ on every track he stood
He showed off all his stuff on the Olympic stage
But came home every chance he could
No one ever touched him in the steeplechase
All the town came out when he ran our road race
With his hearty laugh and friendly, smiling face
The greatest runner we have known
Oh, run on Shufflin Joe, run on
Run on, Shufflin Joe
Not one man faster at the starting gun
Be it steeplechase or on the road
Lickin any challenger from miles around
When he crossed the finish there was just one sound
There goes Shufflin Joe McKlusky, The winner is Shufflin Joe!
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City Of Village Charm
04:09
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At the height of the day
When the old church bells ring
At the top of the Main street in town
There’s a bustle of life
On the walk down below
In the City of Village Charm
The City of Village Charm
There’s a proud history
By the Old Cheney Mills
The Silk City we all once were known
Where the Union and Keeney Mills
Were clear across town
In the City of Village Charm
The City of Village Charm
(chorus)
From the top of Case Mountain
You’ll see ‘cross the land
Neighborhoods, commerce, clear open space, farms
Brooks, rivers, reservoirs
Lakes, hollows, ponds
In the City of Village Charm
The City of Village Charm
Hackmatack, Hockanum
Salters and Globe
Porter and Case Reservoir
Hop Brook and Folly
The Bigelow Brook
In the City of Village Charm
The City of Village Charm
(chorus)
Talk a walk through downtown
All the faces you’ll see
Eyes hopeful, determined to keep keeping on
I proudly hang my heart up by its string
In the City of Village Charm
The City of Village Charm
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Bill Ludwig Manchester, Connecticut
The founding member of MARMO (marmoband.bandcamp.com)
But mostly just a guy who writes and
records songs... mostly so I have stuff to listen to in my car on the way to and from work.
Sometimes I sing to my chickens.
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