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 Then I cast loose my buff coat, each halter let fall,
 Shook off both my jack-boots, let go belt read more 
 Then I cast loose my buff coat, each halter let fall,
 Shook off both my jack-boots, let go belt and all,
  Stood up in the stirrup, leaned, patted his ear,
   Called my Roland his pet name, my horse without peer;
    Clapped my hands, laughed and sang, any noise bad or good,
     'Til at length into Aix Roland galloped and stood. 
 Round-hoofed, short-jointed, fetlocks shag and long,
 Broad breast, full eye, small head, and nostril wide,
  High crest, read more 
 Round-hoofed, short-jointed, fetlocks shag and long,
 Broad breast, full eye, small head, and nostril wide,
  High crest, short ears, straight legs and passing strong,
   Thin mane, thick tail, broad buttock, tender hide:
    Look what a horse should have he did not lack,
     Save a proud rider on so proud a back. 
 And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh 
not again: and the driving is like read more 
 And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh 
not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son 
of Nimski; for he driveth furiously. 
 Morgan!--She ain't nothing else, and I've got the papers to prove 
it.
 Sired by Chippewa Chief, and twelve read more 
 Morgan!--She ain't nothing else, and I've got the papers to prove 
it.
 Sired by Chippewa Chief, and twelve hundred dollars won't buy 
her.
  Briggs of Turlumme owned her. Did you know Briggs of Turlumme?--
   Busted hisself in White Pine and blew out his brains down in 
Frisco? 
Riding turns 'I wish' into 'I can'.
Riding turns 'I wish' into 'I can'.
 Go anywhere in England where there are natural, wholesome, 
contented, and really nice English people; and what do you read more 
 Go anywhere in England where there are natural, wholesome, 
contented, and really nice English people; and what do you always 
find? That the stables are the real centre of the household. 
 And the hood of the horses shakes the crumbling field as they 
run.
 [Lat., Quadrupedumque putrem cursu quatit read more 
 And the hood of the horses shakes the crumbling field as they 
run.
 [Lat., Quadrupedumque putrem cursu quatit ungula campum.] 
 Villain, a horse--Villain, I say, give me a horse to fly,
 To swim the river, villain, and to fly.  
 Villain, a horse--Villain, I say, give me a horse to fly,
 To swim the river, villain, and to fly. 
Horses are predictably unpredictable
Horses are predictably unpredictable