Banjo Paterson

“ Till a chap came racing past me on a horse the called "The Quiver",
And said he, "My country joker, are you going to give it best?
Are you frightened of the fences? does their stoutness make you shiver?
Have they come to breeding cowards by the side of Snowy River? ”

“ For those jockeys rode like demons; you would think they'd lost their senses
If you saw them rush their horses at those rasping five-foot fences --
And in place of making running I was falling to the rear. ”

“ And they sent us back an answer, "Good old sort from Snowy River:
Send us word each race you start in and we'll back you every time."
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