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Play that my knee was a calico mare / Saddled and bridled for Bumpville; / Leap to the back of this steed, if you dare, / And gallop away to Bumpville! / I hope you'll be sure to sit fast in your seat, / For this calico mare is prodigiously fleet, / And many adventures you're likely to meet / As you journey along to Bumpville.
This calico mare both gallops and trots / While whisking you off to Bumpville; / She paces, she shies, and she stumbles, in spots, / In the tortuous road to Bumpville; / And sometimes this strangely mercurial steed / Will suddenly stop and refuse to proceed, / Which, all will admit, is vexatious indeed, / When one is en route to Bumpville!