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Tarporley Song.
1870.
I
Recalling the days of old Bluecap and Barry,Of Bedford and Gloster, George Heron and Sir Harry,
A bumper to-night the Quæsitum shall carry,
Which nobody can deny.
II
Tho' his rivals by Meynell on mutton were fed,158
A hundred good yards was the winner ahead,
Which nobody can deny.
III
The gentry of Cheshire, whate'er their degrees,Stanleys or Egertons, Leycesters or Leghs,
One and all with green ribbons have garter'd their knees,
Which nobody can deny.
IV
Their breeches were green and their stockings were white,Tho' oft in queer plight they were tuck'd up at night,
Next morn they were all in their stirrups upright,
Which nobody can deny.
V
Over grass while the youngsters were skimming the vale,Down the pavement away went the old ones full sail,
Each green collar flapp'd by a powder'd pigtail,
Which nobody can deny.
VI
When foxes were flyers and gorse covers few,Those hounds of Sir Harry, where thickest it grew,
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Which nobody can deny.
VII
The sport they began may we still carry on,And we forty good fellows, who meet at the Swan,
To the green collar stick, tho' our breeches are gone,
Which nobody can deny.
VIII
Still, whether clad in short garments or long,With a Cotton to sing us a fox-hunting song,
And a Corbet to lead us, we cannot go wrong,
Which nobody can deny.
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