| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. | | | | Cavalier Tunes. III. Boot and Saddle | | | | Robert Browning (1812–89) | | | | | | BOOT, saddle, to horse, and away! | | | Rescue my castle before the hot day | | | Brightens to blue from its silvery gray, | | (Chorus)
Boot, saddle, to horse, and away! | | | | | Ride past the suburbs, asleep as you ’d say; | 5 | | Many ’s the friend there, will listen and pray | | | “God’s luck to gallants that strike up the lay— | | (Chorus)
Boot, saddle, to horse, and away!” | | | | | Forty miles off, like a roebuck at bay, | | | Flouts Castle Brancepeth the Roundheads’ array: | 10 | | Who laughs, “Good fellows ere this, by my fay, | | (Chorus)
Boot, saddle, to horse, and away!” | | | | | Who? My wife Gertrude; that, honest and gay, | | | Laughs when you talk of surrendering, “Nay! | | | I ’ve better counsellors; what counsel they? | 15 | (Chorus)
‘Boot, saddle, to horse, and away!’” | | | | |
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