''CHERRY AND BLACK" 



The yarn that I 'm about to spin 



Is all on account of Aranza; 

 I '11 tell you how I was taken in, 

 All on account of Aranza: 

 She came out from the West reckoned A No. i, 

 It was said she could go like a shot from a gun, 

 So I went to Long Branch to see the fun. 

 All on account of Aranza. 



Eleven starters were in the race, 



Ten besides my Aranza, 

 So I backed P. Lorillard for straight and place. 

 All on account of Aranza. 

 Some said that the filly was n't up to the mark. 

 If she was she would clean out all Monmouth Park, 

 And that Lorillard intended to win with Spark, 

 All on account of Aranza. 



The flag went down — my eyes I strained, 



All on account of Aranza, 

 To see if the Lorillard jacket gained. 

 All on account of Aranza. 

 There was blue and orange, and blue and red. 

 And Sportsman and Priam and Greenland led. 

 With the others a dozen lengths ahead. 

 Nearly last of all came Aranza. 



I 've almost sworn I '11 never bet. 



All on account of Aranza; 

 I 'm almost up to my ears in debt. 

 All on account of Aranza. 

 He who follows the "public form" is wise, 

 A "line" from the West is all a surmise, 

 I '11 only believe what I see with my eyes, 

 All on account of Aranza. 



Aranza followed Gerald and Sachem to England 

 soon after her race at Monmouth. Parole started 24 

 times during the season of 1881, winning 12 races and 



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