| It reminds me right smart o' a hoss race I saw at the fish and oyster fair, at New Bern, a spell back. |
| And when caught, the hoss thief had a date with a Colt.45 or an invite to a necktie party. |
| I low ef we-all wuster race hoss roun dis hyah garret, tain long fo yo mall be de dark hoss ter do de beatin. |
| Master Langdon 's actin' under my orders, and I claim that hoss and all that's on him. |
| Thare aint mutch art in driving a trotting hoss, jist hold them bak hard, and holler them ahead hard, thats awl. |
| I see the lines of sorrow had plowed on dat old face and I 'membered he'd been a captain on hoss back in dat war. |
