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You never heard tell of the story?
 * Well, now, I can hardly believe!

Never heard of the honour and glory
 * Of Pardon, the son of Reprieve?

But maybe you're only a Johnnie
 * As don't know a horse from a hoe?

Well, well, don't get angry, my sonny,
 * But, really, a young un should know.

They bred him out back on the 'Never,'
 * His mother was Mameluke breed.

To the front—and then stay there—was ever
 * The root of the Mameluke creed.

He seemed to inherit their wiry
 * Strong frames—and their pluck to receive—

As hard as a flint and as fiery
 * Was Pardon, the son of Reprieve.

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