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ALL IN A COACH AND FOUR

The quality folk went riding along
All in a Coach and Four—
And pretty Annette, in a calico gown
(Bringing her marketing things from town)

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Stopped short with her Sunday store,
And wondered if ever it would betide
That she, in a long-plumed hat, would ride
Away in a Coach and Four.

A lord there was—oh a lonely soul,
There in the Coach and Four,
His years were young, but his heart was old
And he hated his coaches and hated his gold,
(Those things which we all adore)
And he thought how sweet it would be to trudge
Along with the fair little country drudge
And away from his Coach and Four.

So back he rode the very next day
All in his Coach and Four,
And he went each day, whether dry or wet,
Until he married the sweet Annette
(In spite of her lack of lore).
But they didn't trudge off on foot together
For he bought her a hat with a long, long feather
And they rode in the Coach and Four.

Now a thing like this could happen we know
All in a Coach and Four,
But the fact of it is, 'twixt me and you,
There isn't a word of this jingle true
(Pardon, I do implore);
It is only a foolish and fanciful song
That came to me as I rode along
All in a Coach and Four.