"Heavy Horses" in slow motion - song and lyrics

Heavy horses, see how they stand
Leaning ahead, shoulder to the land,
Heavy horses, Oh the mighty Clydesdales
Long may they shine
And the line
Never fail.

Sometimes I see one, in a slow-motion dream,
By misty blue hills where the Clyde's just a stream;
Pulling a plough, stepping with grace,
A hard-working friend with a good-natured face.

Heavy horses
I often wonder if you ever heard
The whispering charms of the Horseman's Word,
Or late in the day, when the light would fail
And bothy men shared cornkister tales.

Heavy horses...

A world in transition, stepping out of its past;
Old ways are fine, fine, fine but old ways don't last.
And the furrow you turned grew seedlings of change,
As you carried us on into the industrial age.

Heavy horses...

So here's to the Baron, Blaze and Bold Stride,
Footprint and Star, Hiawatha and Clyde.
The ribbons they wore and the prizes they won;
The leather and chains that creaked in the sun.

Heavy horses...

Long may they shine and the line never fail.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• heavy
• horses
• clydesdale
• shire
• working
• coaches
• carts
• drays
• dray
• ROBIN
• LAING

[BevDowson]

this is a fantastic video !! who does the song ?

[K9TMD]

ROBIN LAING  Bev

[bootsandsaddles]

Beautiful!

From a Shirecarter. But they are all wonderful.

Great song.

[K9TMD]

Thank you bootsand saddles. I am not really that much a "horsey" person, but seeing these in parade at the Yorkshire Show this year I felt compelled to put this video up

[lisa8220]

great video, great song

[shairaptor]

horses are extremely beautiful!

[black28z]

Nice clip. I stumbled across it and I am glad I did. Thanks for posting.

[K9TMD]

Thank you AP

[markdon16]

So Beautiful-thanks for sharing -Andy.