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Harry Morant was a friend I had	A
In the years long passed away	B
A chivalrous wild and reckless lad	A
A knight born out of his day	B
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Full of romance and void of fears	C
With a love of the world s applause	D
He should have been one of the cavaliers	C
Who fought in King Charles s cause	E
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He loved a girl and he loved a horse	F
And he never let down a friend	G
And reckless he was but he rode his course	F
With courage up to the end	G
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Breaker Morant was the name he earned	H
For no bucking horse could throw	I
This Englishman who had lived and learned	H
As much as the bushmen know	I
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Many a mile have we crossed together	J
Out where the great plains lie	K
To the clink of bit and the creak of leather	J
Harry Morant and I	K
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Time and again we would challenge Fate	L
With some wild and reckless dare	M
Shoving some green colt over a gate	L
As though with a neck to spare	M
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At times in a wilder mood than most	N
We would face them at naked wire	J
Trusting the sight of a gidyea post	N
Would lift them a half foot higher	J
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And once we galloped a steeplechase	O
For a bet twas a short half mile	P
While one jump only the stiffest place	O
In a fence of the old bush style	P
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A barrier built of blue gum rails	Q
As thick as a big man s thigh	K
And mortised into the posts no nails	Q
Unbreakable four foot high	K
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Since both our horses were young and green	R
And had never jumped or raced	S
Were we men who had tired of this earthly scene	R
We could scarce have been better placed	S
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Off cried The Breaker and off we went	T
And he stole a length of lead	U
Over the neck of the grey I bent	T
And we charged the fence full speed	V
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The brown horse slowed and tried to swerve	W
But his rider with master hand	X
And flaming courage and iron nerve	W
Made him lift and leap and land	X
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He rapped it hard with every foot	Y
And was nearly down on his nose	Z
Then I spurred the grey and followed suit	A2
And praise to the gods he rose	Z
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He carried a splinter with both his knees	B2
And a hind leg left some skin	C2
But we caught them up at the wilga trees	B2
Sitting down for the short run in	C2
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They grey was game and he carried on	D2
But the brown had a bit to spare	M
The post was passed my pound was gone	E2
And a laugh was all my share	M
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The Breaker is sleeping in some far place	O
Where the Boer War heroes lie	K
And we ll meet no more in a steeplechase	O
Harry Morant and I	K

William Henry Ogilvie

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