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Now this was what Macpherson told / While waiting in the stand; / A reckless rider, over-bold, / The only man with hands to hold / The rushing Rio Grande.
He said, 'This day I bid good-bye / To bit and bridle rein, / To ditches deep and fences high, / For I have dreamed a dream, and I / Shall never ride again.