Ive had a good bump round; my little horse
Refused the brook first time,
Then jumped it prime;
And ran out at the double,
But of course
Theres always trouble at a double:
And thenI dont know how
It washe turned it up
At that big, hairy fence before the plough;
And some young silly pup
(I dont know which),
Near as a toucher knocked me into the ditch;
But we finished full of running, and quite sound:
And anyhow Ive had a good bump round.
What the Captain Said at the Point-to-Point
written bySiegfried Sassoon
© Siegfried Sassoon