The horse that Dan rode was a devil—
    The kind of a brute I despise,
With nasty white eyelashes fringing
    A pair of red, sinister eyes.

And a queerly-shaped spot on his forehead,
    Where I put a conical ball
The day that he murdered Dan Denver,
    The pluckiest rider of all.

’Twas after the races were over
    And Duggan (a Talbragar man)
And two of the Denvers, and Barney
    Were trying a gallop with Dan.

Dan’s horse on a sudden got vicious,
    And reared up an’ plunged in the race,
Then threw back his head, hitting Dan like
    A sledge-hammer, full in the face.

Dan stopped and got down, stood a moment,
    Then fell to the ground like a stone,
And died about ten minutes after;
    But they’re liars who say he was thrown.