IT’S a race! and they ’re off! yes, I know;
jut we ve not got a moment to spare:
Poor old Tom, how he’s pricking his ears!
He would gladly give both to be there.
Oh, I say what a jerk of the reins!
He is longing to see which will win:
I just wish he was there, he would be,
I am certain, the first to be in.
Never mind, there’s a jolly old horse:
I assure you we really can’t wait;
I must meet brother Jack at the train,
And it never would do to be late.
Never mind; trot along; that is right;
We must go to that station to-day ;
But some other, we "Il book for a race,
You and I, and just show them the way !