Misc Originals – Chris Devlin - The Ballad Of George Crabtree (Guitar)

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Come listen and I'll sing to you of a copper of renown

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The Bravest of those lads who walk the beat in Cabbagetown

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For many's the crook in Toronto in 1895

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Was caught by Constable Crabtree, The Greatest Cop Alive

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They say he came from Newfoundland, let no one that dispute

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An orphan raised by flowery aunts in a house of ill repute

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He greatly cared for others, as you can plainly see

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So he left his home for Canada to join the R.T.C.

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So here's to Constable Crabtree, the one we do adore

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The Hero of Toronto and the Pride of Station House 4

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Some say his boss is handsome, and maybe that is true

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but for every lass that Murdoch kissed, George Crabtree he kissed two

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The lads they all look up to him, a role model indeed

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He's like a big brother to Higggins and a son to Brackenreid

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So here's to Constable Crabtree, the one we do adore

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The Hero of Toronto and the Pride of Station House 4

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He fought a Loch Ness Monster in Lake Ontario

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When Spacemen tried to take his friends he told them all to go

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Met a man named Doyle from the future who said "one day me son,

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Our beloved isle of Newfoundland will join Confederation"

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So here's to Constable Crabtree, the one we do adore

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The Hero of Toronto and the Pride of Station House 4

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I'll have you all to understand George Crabtree is no dummy

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When he's not busy fighting crime he writes books about a Mummy

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He's tough and brave as you could wish, his presence is commanding

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The bad guys tried to lay him low, but Crabtree is Still Standing

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So here's to Constable Crabtree, the one we do adore

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The Hero of Toronto and the Pride of Station House 4

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So here's to Constable Crabtree, the one we do adore

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The Hero of Toronto and the Pride of Station House 4