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 They got to his stall—it is sinful
 * To think what such villains would do—

And they gave him a regular skinful
 * Of barley—green barley—to chew.

He munched it all night, and we found him
 * Next morning as full as a hog—

The girths wouldn't nearly meet round him,
 * He looked like an overfed frog.

We saw we were done like a dinner—
 * The odds were a thousand to one

Against Pardon turning up winner,
 * 'Twas cruel to ask him to run.

We got to the course with our troubles,
 * A crestfallen couple were we;

And we heard the 'books' calling the doubles—
 * A roar like the surf of the sea;

And over the tumult and louder
 * Rang 'Any price Pardon, I lay!'

Says Jimmy, 'The children of Judah
 * 'Are out on the warpath to-day.'