INTRO / Chorus
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Come hell or high rivers, come droughts or come blizzards
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The horses of Calgary will buck.
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Through blood, sweat and water, ain't nothin' will stop us
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The horses of Calgary will buck.
VERSE
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The banks of the rivers have crumbled, and the currents uprooted the trees.
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But through my eyes no city, has looked quite as pretty,
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as when Cow-Town rose up from it's knees
Chorus
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Come hell or high rivers, come droughts or come blizzards
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The horses of Calgary will buck.
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Through blood, sweat and water, ain't nothin' will stop us
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The horses of Calgary will buck.
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VERSE
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Last year we all threw the party, but things kinda all got submersed.
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It was a hell of a centennial, but this is what's memorable:
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We'll remember the hundred-and-first.
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Come hell or high rivers, come droughts or come blizzards
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The horses of Calgary will buck.
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Through blood, sweat and water, ain't nothin' will stop us
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The horses of Calgary will buck.
SOLO (Just like verse)
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BRIDGE
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The banks overflow, the bow in Elbow.
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But the horses of Calgary will buck.
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And when the water subsided, I saw with some pride,
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that the horses of Calgary will buck.
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For all the surrounding ranch-land and small towns,
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the horses of Calgary will buck.
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For our Blackfoot relations or Siksika Nation,
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the horses of Calgary will buck.
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Through volunteer labours, through friends and through neighbours,
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through blood, sweat and water, through the Mayor, his honour,
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Through flood and downpoor, a city made sure,
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that the horses at Stampede will buck.
Chorus
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Come hell or high rivers, come droughts or come blizzards
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The horses of Calgary will buck.
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Through blood, sweat and water, ain't nothin' will stop us
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The horses of Calgary will buck.
OUTRO
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Well it will take more to stop 'em, then a little high water
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