They held a polo meeting at a little country town, <br />And all the local sportsmen came to win themselves renown. <br />There came two strangers with a horse, and I am much afraid <br />They both belonged to what is called "the take-you-down brigade". <br />They said their horse could jump like fun, and asked an amateur <br />To ride him in the steeplechase, and told him they were sure <br />The last time round he'd sail away with such a swallow's flight <br />The rest would never see him go -- he's finish out of sight. <br /> <br />So out he went; and, when folk saw the amateur was up, <br />Some local genius called the race "the Dude-in-Danger Cup". <br />The horse was known as "Who's Afraid", by "Panic" from "The Fright" -- <br />But still his owners told the jock he's finish out of sight. <br /> <br />And so he did; for Who's Afraid, without the least pretence, <br />Disposed of him by rushing through the very second fence; <br />And when they ran the last time round the prophecy was right -- <br />For he was in the ambulance, and safely "out of sight".<br /><br />Andrew Barton Paterson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/out-of-sight/
