BUSH BALLADS AND RHYMES 



" They say we have no test to warrant a 

 protest ; 

 Dick rides for a lord and stands in with a 

 steward ; 

 The light of their faces they show him — his 

 case is 

 Prejudged and his verdict already secured. 



*' But none can outlast her, and few travel faster, 



She strides in her work clean away from 



The Drag, 



You hold her and sit her, she couldn't be fitter, 



Whenever you hit her she'll spring like a 



stag. 



'' And p'rhaps the green jacket, at odds though 

 they back it, 

 May fall, or there's no knowing what may 

 turn up. 

 Themareis quite ready, sit still and ridesteady, 

 Keep cool ; and I think you may just win 

 the Cup." 



Dark-brown with tan muzzle, just stripped for 

 the tussle, 



Stood Iseult, arching her neck to the curb, 



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