The Pony Man

gordon lightfoot the pony man G C G when it’s midnight on the meadow and the cats are in the shed C D D7 and the river tells a story at the window by my bed G C G if you listen very closely be as quiet as you can C D G in the yard you’ll hear him it is the pony man . G C G we’re always there to greet him when he tumbles into town C D D7 he leads a string of ponies some are white and some are brown G C G and they never seem to kick or bite they only want to play C D G and they live on candy apples instead of oats and hay . G C G and when we’re all assembled he gives a soft command C D D7 and we climb aboard our ponies as in a row they stand G C G then down the road we gallop and across the fields we fly C D G and soon we all go sailing off into the midnight sky . G C G and as we gaily rock along beside a ripplin’ sea C D D7 there’s tom ’n dick ’n sally and mary joe and me G C G and the pony man is leading cause he’s travelled here before C D G and he gives a whoop and a holler at mr . moon’s front door . G C G and as we stop to rest a while where the soda river glides C D D7 up to the slip comes a pirate ship to take us for a ride G C G and the pony man’s the captain and the children are the crew C D G and we go in search of treasure and laugh the whole night through . G C G and when the hold is filled with gold and the sails begin to strain C D D7 and the deck’s piled high with apple pie we head for port again G C G and down the whirling staircase so swift our ponies fly C D G and we’re safely in our beds again when the sunbeams kiss the sky . repeat first Verse