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Cavalier Tunes - III - Boot And Saddle

By Robert Browning

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I.     Boot, saddle, to horse, and away!     Rescue my castle before the hot day     Brightens to blue from its silvery grey,     (Chorus). Boot, saddle, to horse, and away! II.     Ride past the suburbs, asleep as youd say;     Manys the friend there, will listen and pray     Gods luck to gallants that strike up the lay,     (Chorus). Boot, saddle, to horse, and away! III.     Forty miles off, like a roebuck at bay,     Flouts Castle Brancepeth the Roundheads array:     Who laughs, Good fellows ere this, by my fay,     (Chorus). Boot, saddle, to horse, and away! IV.     Who? My wife Gertrude; that, honest and gay,     Laughs when you talk of surrendering, Nay!     Ive better counsellors; what counsel they?     (Chorus). Boot, saddle, to horse, and away!

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About Robert Browning

Robert Browning (1812–1889) was a major English Victorian poet who perfected the dramatic monologue form. His poems—including "My Last Duchess," "The Pied Piper of Hamelin," and "Fra Lippo Lippi"—explore psychology, morality, and art through the voices of vividly drawn characters.

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