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Now this was what Macpherson told	A
While waiting in the stand	B
A reckless rider over bold	A
The only man with hands to hold	A
The rushing Rio Grande	B
He said This day I bid good bye	C
To bit and bridle rein	D
To ditches deep and fences high	C
For I have dreamed a dream and I	C
Shall never ride again	E
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I dreamt last night I rode this race	F
That I today must ride	G
And cantering down to take my place	F
I saw full many an old friend s face	F
Come stealing to my side	G
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Dead men on horses long since dead	H
They clustered on the track	I
The champions of the days long fled	H
They moved around with noiseless tread	H
Bay chestnut brown and black	I
	-
And one man on a big grey steed	J
Rode up and waved his hand	B
Said he We help a friend in need	J
And we have come to give a lead	H
To you and Rio Grande	B
	-
For you must give the field the slip	K
So never draw the rein	D
But keep him moving with the whip	K
And if he falter set your lip	K
And rouse him up again	E
	-
But when you reach the big stone wall	L
Put down your bridle hand	B
And let him sail he cannot fall	L
But don t you interfere at all	L
You trust old Rio Grande	B
	-
We started and in front we showed	M
The big horse running free	N
Right fearlessly and game he strode	M
And by my side those dead men rode	M
Whom no one else could see	N
	-
As silently as flies a bird	O
They rode on either hand	B
At every fence I plainly heard	O
The phantom leader give the word	O
Make room for Rio Grande	B
	-
I spurred him on to get the lead	H
n I chanced full many a fall	L
But swifter still each phantom steed	J
Kept with me and at racing speed	J
We reached the big stone wall	L
	-
And there the phantoms on each side	G
Drew in and blocked his leap	P
Make room make room I loudly cried	G
But right in front they seemed to ride	G
I cursed them in my sleep	P
	-
He never flinched he faced it game	Q
He struck it with his chest	R
And every stone burst out in flame	Q
And Rio Grande and I became	Q
Phantoms among the rest	R
	-
And then I woke and for a space	F
All nerveless did I seem	S
For I have ridden many a race	F
But never one at such a pace	F
As in that fearful dream	S
	-
And I am sure as man can be	N
That out upon the track	I
Those phantoms that men cannot see	N
Are waiting now to ride with me	N
And I shall not come back	I
	-
For I must ride the dead men s race	F
And follow their command	B
Twere worse than death the foul disgrace	F
If I should fear to take my place	F
Today on Rio Grande	B
	-
He mounted and a jest he threw	T
With never sign of gloom	U
But all who heard the story knew	T
That Jack Macpherson brave and true	T
Was going to his doom	U
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They started and the big black steed	J
Came flashing past the stand	B
All single handed in the lead	H
He strode along at racing speed	J
The mighty Rio Grande	B
	-
But on his ribs the whalebone stung	V
A madness sure it seemed	W
And soon it rose on every tongue	V
That Jack Macpherson rode among	V
The creatures he had dreamed	W
	-
He looked to left and looked to right	X
As though men rode beside	G
And Rio Grande with foam flecks white	X
Raced at his jumps in headlong flight	X
And cleared them in his stride	G
	-
But when they reached the big stone wall	L
Down went the bridle hand	B
And loud we heard Macpherson call	L
Make room or half the field will fall	L
Make room for Rio Grande	B
	-
He s down he s down And horse and man	Y
Lay quiet side by side	G
No need the pallid face to scan	Y
We knew with Rio Grande he ran	Y
The race the dead men ride	G

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