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Ten mile in twenty minutes! 'E done it, sir. That's true. / The big bay 'orse in the further stall-the one wot's next to you. / I've seen some better 'orses; I've seldom seen a wuss, / But 'e 'olds the bloomin' record, an' that's good enough for us.
We knew as it wa's in 'im. 'E's thoroughbred, three part, / We bought 'im for to race 'im, but we found 'e 'ad no 'eart; / For 'e was sad and thoughtful, and amazin' dignified, / It seemed a kind o' liberty to drive 'im or to ride;