IRISH JOCKEYS AND RACING OFFICALS. 367 



OUR IRISH JOCKEYS AND RACING OFFICIALS. 



Oh ! gentlemen, I'm much surprised you ask of me to sing, 

 You know my voice, and so you know 'tis really '* not the thing ; 

 But if you choose, I'll not refuse to do the best I can. 

 And what more can I do, my friends, " or any other man ?" 

 Chorus — So push around the wine, my boys, and fill your 

 glasses bright, 

 And here's the toast, "The Irish Turf," our only 

 toast to-night. 



I know you are good sportsmen all, and " racy of the soil," 

 And most of you I've often met at Cork Park and Baldoyle ; 

 You must be the right sort, my boys, and consequently then, 

 I'll sing a song as best I can about our Irish " racing men." 



So push around the wine, &c. 



Each year I have some leisure time, and though but for a while, 

 I see full many a race fought out in our beloved Green Isle ; 

 Such being the case, I guess, my friends, I know a thing or two, 

 So, of our Irish riders bold, "a tip" I'll give to you. 



So push around the wine, &:c. 



"Comparisons are odious," lads, but all of you, I'm sure, 

 Will say the best of amateurs is surely " Garry Moore ; " 

 The many glorious victories he's gained on old Scots Grey 

 Are quite enough to prove him still the best man of the day. 



So push around the wine, &c. 



A second amateur there is, and second but to him, 

 An honourable gentleman, some people style " the Limb,""^-' 

 Whom all of us soon hope to see, uninjured by his fall, 

 All right again to score a win for " dear old Jockey Hall." 



So push around the wine, &c. 



And I'm sure, my friends, you all will say, 'tis only just and right 

 To fill a flowing-bumper cup in honour of "Joe Wliyte ; " 

 So here's to him with three-times-three, and may he soon recover, 

 And never be " sold " again, as on that " Golden Plover." 



So push around the wine, &c. 



Another true and tried there is, who knows no trick or dodge. 

 Accomplished Tommy Beasley, with his luck of Eyrefield Lodge; 

 Another too, "a warrior bold,"f is worthy of my song. 

 And worthier, since he's mated to the " lovely Armstrong." 



So push around tiie wine, &c. 



* Captain the Hon. Greville Nugent. 



tMr. Keville Davies, 17th Lancers, who nianiea a daughter of Mr. Sergeant 

 Armstrong. 



