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[The subjoined is one of the "Songs of the Squatters," / written by the Hon. Robert Lowe (afterwards Viscount / Sherbrooke), while resident in New South Wales.]
The Commissioner bet me a pony -- I won; / So he cut off exactly two-thirds of my run; / For he said I was making a fortune too fast, / And profit gained slower the longer would last.