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by Siegfried Sassoon
What the Captain said at the Point-to-Point
4369838Picture Show — What the Captain said at the Point-to-PointSiegfried Sassoon

WHAT THE CAPTAIN SAID
AT THE
POINT-TO-POINT

I've 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
There's always trouble at a double:
And then—I don't know how
It was—he turned it up
At that big, hairy fence before the plough;
And some young silly pup,
(I don't know which),
Near as a toucher knocked me into the ditch;
But we finished full of running, and quite sound:
And anyhow I've had a good bump round.