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Arkle - Dominic BehanIt Emhappened in the spring-time of the Dyear of sixty four, When AmEnglishmen were making pounds and fEmivers by the B7score He Embeat them in the Chollow and he Gbeat them on the B7bumps A Empair of B7fancy Emfetlocks, Cwell he Gshowed them B7o'er the Emjumps.He's EmEnglish! He's English! As DEnglish as you've seen A lAmittle bit of Arab stock and Emmore from Stephen's B7Green EmTake a look at CMill House and throw Gout your chest with B7pride He's the Emgreatest B7steepleEmchaser Con the GEnglish B7countryEmside.Then a Emquiet man called Dreaper livin' Din the Emerald Isle Said "AmThat horse of yours called Mill House suEmrely shows a biB7t of style, "Em;But I've a liCttle fellaG and Arkle isB7 his name, "Put Emyour mB7oney whereEm you put Cyour mouthG and then wB7e'll playEm the game."Well the EmEnglish racing gentleman Dlaughed till fit to burst, "Am;You tried before Tom DreaperEm and then you cameB7 off worst, "IfEm you think your horse cCould beat us yoGu're runnin' shorB7t on brains "Em;It's Mill HB7ouse thatEm you wanCt to fightG and not tB7hose beaEmstly Danes."&Emquot;Arkle now is five to two DMill House is money on, "TheAmy're off! and dear believe I doEm the champion haB7s it won, "ThereEm are other hoCrses in this racGe to test the great chB7ap's might "Em;But dB7eary me Emit's plaiCn to seeG the restB7 are ouEmt of sight.""There are three more fences now to go he leads by twenty lengths "Brave Arkle's putting in a show, poor chap he's all but spent "Mill House sweeps on majestically great glory in each stride "He's the greatest horse undoubledy within the whole word wide. "Two to go still Arkle comes he's cutting down the lead, "But he's beaten bar the shouting for he hasn't got the speed, "They're on the run up to the last, my God can he hold out, "Look behind you Willie Robinson man what are you about? "They're at the last and over Pat Taffe has more in hand, "He's passing England's Mill House the finest in the land, "My God he has us beaten! What can the English say? "The ground was wrong? The distance long? Too early in the day?"