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Flash was a white foot sorrel an' run on Number Three	A
Not much stable manners an average horse to see	A
Notional in his methods strong in loves an' hates	B
Not very much respected or popular 'mongst his mates	B
Dull an' moody an' sleepy an' off on quiet days	C
Full o' turbulent sour looks an' small sarcastic ways	C
Scowled an' bit at his partner an' banged the stable floor	D
With other means intended to designate life a bore	D
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But when be't day or night time he heard the alarm bell ring	E
He'd rush for his place in the harness with a regular tiger spring	E
An' watch with nervous shivers the clasp of buckle an' band	F
Until 'twas plainly evident he'd like to lend a hand	F
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An' when the word was given away he would rush an' tear	G
As if a thousand witches was rumplin' up his hair	G
An' craze the other horses with his magnetic charm	H
Till every hoof beat sounded a regular fire alarm	H
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Never a horse a jockey would notice an' admire	I
Like Flash in front of his engine a runnin' to a fire	J
Never a horse so lazy so dawdlin' an' so slack	K
As Flash upon his return trip a drawin' the engine back	K
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Now when the different horses gets tender footed an' old	L
They're no use in our business so Flash was finally sold	L
To quite a respectable milkman who found it not so fine	M
A bossin' one o' God's creatures outside it's natural line	M
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Seems as if I could see Flash a mopin' along here now	N
Feelin' that he was simply assistant to a cow	N
But sometimes he'd imagine he heard the alarm bell's din	O
An' jump an' rear for a season before they could hold him in	O
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An' once in spite o' his master he strolled in 'mongst us chaps	P
To talk with the other horses of former fires perhaps	P
Whereat the milkman kicked him whereat us boys to please	Q
He begged that horse's pardon upon his bended knees	Q
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But one day for a big fire as we was makin' a dash	R
Both o' the horses we had on somewhat resemblin' Flash	R
Yellin' an' ringin' an' rushin' with excellent voice an' heart	S
We passed the poor old fellow a tuggin' away at his cart	S
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If ever I see an old hoss grow upward into a new	T
If ever I see a milkman whose traps behind him flew	T
'Twas that old hoss a rearin' an' racin' down the track	K
An' that respectable milkman a tryin' to hold him back	K
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Away he rushed like a cyclone for the head o' Number Three	A
Gained the lead an' kept it an' steered his journey free	A
Dodgin' wagons an' horses an' still on the keenest silk	U
An' furnishin' all that neighborhood with good respectable milk	U
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Crowd a yellin' an' runnin' an' vainly hollerin' Whoa	V
Milkman bracin' an' sawin' with never a bit o' show	V
Firemen laughin' an' chucklin' an' shoutin' Good go in	O
Hoss a gettin' down to it an' sweepin' along like sin	O
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Finally came where the fire was halted with a thud	W
Sent the respectable milkman heels over head in mud	W
Watched till he see the engines properly workin' there	G
After which he relinquished all interest in the affair	G
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Moped an' wilted an' dawdled faded away once more	D
Took up his old occupation considerin' life a bore	D
Laid down in his harness an' sorry I am to say	X
The milkman he had drawn there took his dead body away	X
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That's the whole o' my story I've seen more'n once or twice	Y
That poor dead animals' actions is full o' human advice	Y
An' if you ask what Flash taught I'll simply answer then	Z
That poor old horse was a symbol of some intelligent men	Z
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An' if as some consider there's animals in the sky	A2
I think the poor old fellow is gettin' another try	A2
But if he should sniff the big fire that plagues the abode o' sin	O
It'll take the strongest angel to hold the old fellow in	O
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MARCH	B2
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Speaking of fires my powers of language fail	C2
They run them here upon so large a scale	C2
My son Charles Sumner who is by the way	X
In Europe terms ten dollars by the day	X
Paid strictly in advance can rhyme somewhat	D2
And often seems to me to touch the spot	E2
And light the truth up with a healthier glare	G
And make it truthfuller for his being there	G
But in such furrows human nature runs	F2
That old men aren't good critics for their sons	F2
He used to rush as youngsters often will	G2
To every fire we had at Tompkins Hill	G2
And seemed to plan less how to put them out	H2
Than to get something new to write about	H2
He struck a rhyme I think isn't over bad	I2
About a fire our little village had	I2
Or city for that town took city airs	J2
Before its village short clothes reached repairs	J2
I found a copy of it t'other day	X
Where he had laid it carefully away	X
To keep me from not finding it he meant	K2
To get it back in the next check I sent	K2
'Twill cost me several dollars yet I fear	L2
I'll paste the fellow's nonsense right in here	M2

William Mckendree Carleton

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