. Saddle room songs and hunting ballads. n, Bluegown,Harvester and St. Gatien, Ormonde who conquered the Bard,Musjid and West Australian, All fought for the Blue Ribbon, hard— 46 The Recollections of a LondonCab-Horse. Would my name, I wondered, be written With theirs on th Immortal Scroll ?And wouldnt my mother be happy When she heard of her famous remember as clear as a picture The start for that famous race,I shot to the front like an arrow, Making a desperate pace,In the straight another horse joined me, Galloping, stride for stride, Whing went the whip thro the air to myflank-Then
. Saddle room songs and hunting ballads. n, Bluegown,Harvester and St. Gatien, Ormonde who conquered the Bard,Musjid and West Australian, All fought for the Blue Ribbon, hard— 46 The Recollections of a LondonCab-Horse. Would my name, I wondered, be written With theirs on th Immortal Scroll ?And wouldnt my mother be happy When she heard of her famous remember as clear as a picture The start for that famous race,I shot to the front like an arrow, Making a desperate pace,In the straight another horse joined me, Galloping, stride for stride, Whing went the whip thro the air to myflank-Then I felt something go, inside, Try as I might, the othersShot past me, one by one, I finished tenth in eleven. And my racing career was done. The Recollections of a LondonCab-Horse. I was sold to a man, who sold me To another, who sold me again,From master to master, man to man, And now I am here, in the rain,In a night-cab in foggy London, Mid the lamplights lurid glare——Whats that, Covent Garden ? Good-bye—heres another fare. 47. P=-^_5^-^ A TOAST. Heres to the galloping hunter, Standing in stall or in box :Heres to the pack in the kennel, And heres to the little red fox :Tally ho ! Tally ho ! A health to each puppy and foal,Hark gone away! Drink while ye may,To the ladies, the fox-hunt, the bowl. SYDNEY R. SMITH SPORTING BOOKS CANAAN NEW YORK 12029
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