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Western plains, where shade is not,
 * 'Neath summer skies of cloudless blue,

Where all is dry and all is hot,
 * There stands the town of Dandaloo—

A township where life's total sum Is sleep, diversified with rum.

It's grass-grown streets with dust are deep,
 * 'Twere vain endeavour to express

The dreamless silence of its sleep,
 * Its wide, expansive drunkenness.

The yearly races mostly drew A lively crowd to Dandaloo.

There came a sportsman from the East,
 * The eastern land where sportsmen blow,

And brought with him a speedy beast—
 * A speedy beast as horses go.

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