Banjo Paterson

“ And then we swooped down on Menindie
To run for the President's Cup—
That's a sweet little township—a shindy
To them is board, lodging, and sup.
Eye-openers they are, and their system
Is never to suffer defeat ”

“ They had to run well to earn money,
I don't see such horses about.
Your six-furlong vermin that scamper
Half-a-mile with their feather-weight up,
They wouldn't earn much of their damper
In a race like the President's Cup. ”