Colesville Mayhem Boys

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Young boys playing in the foothills
For to chase away the bore
The peaks they are greeting
Are a challenge worth meeting
They scamper to the summit
Just to climb back down once more

O'er flat rocks a brook does babble
Our boys are hanging from the trees
They think they might chance it
They alight from the branches
They slip in that cold water
With comfort and with ease

Come all you Colesville Mayhem Boys
Rouse up the rabble again
Go damn up the river
Bring that stray along with ya
Summer in cat water
With autumn rolling in

Skipping stones and diving for shadows
Instead of washing away their sins
They come back to dinner
All smelling like the river
They bother all the women
With wandering hands
And mischievous grins

They sit around the kitchen table
Singing songs and telling fibs
They rile up the babies,
They make fun of the old ladies
Keep your cheeks smiling
And keep laughter in your ribs

Come all you Colesville Mayhem Boys
Rouse up the rabble again
Go damn up the river
Bring that stray along with ya
Its summer in cat water
With autumn rolling in

Soon the bridge will freeze
The hills all wrapped in winter storms
And ice will hang six foot long from the eaves
We'll build a great bonfire and keep each other warm

Till then come all you Colesville Mayhem Boys
Rouse up the rabble again
Go damn up the river
Bring that stray along with ya
Its summer in cat water
With autumn rolling in

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from My Other Axe, released October 10, 2013

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