{"id":254,"date":"2021-06-17T11:51:39","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T15:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/claudemckay\/?post_type=chapter&p=254"},"modified":"2022-02-03T09:03:15","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T14:03:15","slug":"knutsford-park-races","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/chapter\/knutsford-park-races\/","title":{"raw":"Knutsford Park Races","rendered":"Knutsford Park Races"},"content":{"raw":"BATCH o' p'licemen, lookin' fine,\r\nTramp away to de car line;\r\nNo more policemen can be\r\nSmart as those from Half Way Tree\r\nHappy, all have happy faces,\r\nFor 'tis Knutsford Park big races.\r\n\r\nNo room in de tram fe stan':\r\n\"Oh! de races will be gran',\u2014\r\nWonder ef good luck we'll hab,\r\nGet fe win a couple bob!\"\r\nJoyous, only joyous faces,\r\nGoin' to de Knutsford races.\r\n\r\nMotor buggy passin' by,\r\nSendin' dus' up to de sky;\r\nP'licemen, posted diffran' place,\r\nBuy dem ticket on de race:\r\nLook now for de anxious faces\r\nAt de Knutsford Park big races!\r\n\r\nBig-tree[footnote]Big-tree: A certain big tree in Kingston is the resort of idlers and vicious characters[\/footnote] boys a t'row dem dice:\r\n\"P'lice te-day no ha' no v'ice,\r\nAll like we,[footnote]All are doing as we do[\/footnote] so dem caan' mell,[footnote]Mell: meddle[\/footnote]\u2014\r\nMek we gamble laka hell\":\r\nBowdy, rowdy-looking faces\r\nAt de Knutsford Park big races.\r\n\r\nLadies white an' brown an' black,\r\nFine as fine in gala frock,\r\nWid dem race-card in dem han'\r\nPass 'long to de dollar stan':\r\nHappy-lookin' lady faces\r\nAt de Knutsford Park big races.\r\n\r\nGe'men wid dem smart spy-glass,\r\nWell equip' fe spot dem harse,\r\nDress' in Yankee-fashion clo'es,\r\nWatch de flag as do'n it goes:\r\nOh! de eager, eager faces\r\nAt de Knutsford Park big races!\r\n\r\nFaces of all types an' kinds,\r\nFaces of all types an' kinds,\r\nFaces showin' diffran' minds,\r\nFaces from de udder seas\r\nRight from de antipodes:\r\nOh! de many various faces\r\nSeen at Knutsford Park big races\r\n\r\nJockeys lookin' quite dem bes',\r\nIn deir racin' clo'es all dress'\r\n(Judge de feelin's how dem proud)\r\nShow de harses to de crowd:\r\nNow you'll see de knowin' faces\r\nAt de Knutsford Park big races.\r\n\r\nSoldier ban', formed in a ring,\r\nStrike up \"God save our king\";\r\nGub'nor come now by God's grace\r\nTo de Knutsford Park big race:\r\nHigh faces among low faces\r\nAt de Knutsford Park big races.\r\n\r\nLadies, 'teppin' up quite cool,\r\nBuy dem tickets at de pool;\r\nDough 'tis said he's got a jerk,\r\nDere's no harse like Billie Burke:\r\nLook roun' at de cock-sure faces\r\nAt de Knutsford Park big races.\r\n\r\nHey! de flag is gone do'n, oh!\r\nOff at grips de harses go!\r\nDainty's leadin' at a boun',\r\nStirrup-cup is gainin' ground':\r\nStrainin', eager strainin' faces\r\nAt de Knutsford Park big races.\r\n\r\nLast day o' de race \u2014 all's done,\r\nAn' de course is left alone;\r\nEverybody's goin' home,\r\nSome more light dan when dey'd come:\r\nOh! de sad, de bitter faces\r\nAfter Knutsford Park big races!","rendered":"

BATCH o’ p’licemen, lookin’ fine,
\nTramp away to de car line;
\nNo more policemen can be
\nSmart as those from Half Way Tree
\nHappy, all have happy faces,
\nFor ’tis Knutsford Park big races.<\/p>\n

No room in de tram fe stan’:
\n“Oh! de races will be gran’,\u2014
\nWonder ef good luck we’ll hab,
\nGet fe win a couple bob!”
\nJoyous, only joyous faces,
\nGoin’ to de Knutsford races.<\/p>\n

Motor buggy passin’ by,
\nSendin’ dus’ up to de sky;
\nP’licemen, posted diffran’ place,
\nBuy dem ticket on de race:
\nLook now for de anxious faces
\nAt de Knutsford Park big races!<\/p>\n

Big-tree[1]<\/sup><\/a> boys a t’row dem dice:
\n“P’lice te-day no ha’ no v’ice,
\nAll like we,[2]<\/sup><\/a> so dem caan’ mell,[3]<\/sup><\/a>\u2014
\nMek we gamble laka hell”:
\nBowdy, rowdy-looking faces
\nAt de Knutsford Park big races.<\/p>\n

Ladies white an’ brown an’ black,
\nFine as fine in gala frock,
\nWid dem race-card in dem han’
\nPass ‘long to de dollar stan’:
\nHappy-lookin’ lady faces
\nAt de Knutsford Park big races.<\/p>\n

Ge’men wid dem smart spy-glass,
\nWell equip’ fe spot dem harse,
\nDress’ in Yankee-fashion clo’es,
\nWatch de flag as do’n it goes:
\nOh! de eager, eager faces
\nAt de Knutsford Park big races!<\/p>\n

Faces of all types an’ kinds,
\nFaces of all types an’ kinds,
\nFaces showin’ diffran’ minds,
\nFaces from de udder seas
\nRight from de antipodes:
\nOh! de many various faces
\nSeen at Knutsford Park big races<\/p>\n

Jockeys lookin’ quite dem bes’,
\nIn deir racin’ clo’es all dress’
\n(Judge de feelin’s how dem proud)
\nShow de harses to de crowd:
\nNow you’ll see de knowin’ faces
\nAt de Knutsford Park big races.<\/p>\n

Soldier ban’, formed in a ring,
\nStrike up “God save our king”;
\nGub’nor come now by God’s grace
\nTo de Knutsford Park big race:
\nHigh faces among low faces
\nAt de Knutsford Park big races.<\/p>\n

Ladies, ‘teppin’ up quite cool,
\nBuy dem tickets at de pool;
\nDough ’tis said he’s got a jerk,
\nDere’s no harse like Billie Burke:
\nLook roun’ at de cock-sure faces
\nAt de Knutsford Park big races.<\/p>\n

Hey! de flag is gone do’n, oh!
\nOff at grips de harses go!
\nDainty’s leadin’ at a boun’,
\nStirrup-cup is gainin’ ground’:
\nStrainin’, eager strainin’ faces
\nAt de Knutsford Park big races.<\/p>\n

Last day o’ de race \u2014 all’s done,
\nAn’ de course is left alone;
\nEverybody’s goin’ home,
\nSome more light dan when dey’d come:
\nOh! de sad, de bitter faces
\nAfter Knutsford Park big races!<\/p>\n

  1. Big-tree: A certain big tree in Kingston is the resort of idlers and vicious characters ↵<\/a><\/li>
  2. All are doing as we do ↵<\/a><\/li>
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