A NEW SONG / Or, the Gamblers Fitted.

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YOU sportsmen all both old and young, Come listen now unto my song, It is of a foot-race which was run, At Drax in Yorkshire by two men, To my fa. da. la, etc One of whose names it was C---[s] W---r, Not a great runner, but a great talker, Tother Eclipse a man of fame, For by his running he got that name. On the twenty f[ift]h day of August, The rime appointed that run they must, Where a great many people did resort, To Drax to see the famous sport. When many people was come there, They some of them begun to fear, Says they no race we shall have I think, For C---s is come without his jink. But soon the money he did produce, Or we shoud have said it was his excuse, O then says they now lets to place, For I believe we shall have a race. While the company stayd in town, They cryd out Eclipse for half a crown, No sooner into the field they came, But the gamblers all changd their name. They cryd out C---s for a pound or two, Which made Drax people all look blue, Oh says they our chance is ill, For these must needs be men of skill. They started but had not run half way, Before C---s begun to shew foul play, O then says Eclipse if thats the case, Ill let thee see another pace. Then Eclipse made a spring and left him soon, Which made the gamblers to look down, Upon that Drax people gave a shout, And made poor Ch---s give running out. O brave Eclipse thou hast won this race, And brought this Champion to disgrace, Thy name shall be Eclipse for ever, While Ch---s is nought but a deceives. So to conclude and end my song, I hope the gamblers will think on, And never shout with such a sound, To lay a guinea to a pound. If any of you I do offend, With these few lines I now have pennd, I ask your pardon for the same, But Ill conclude with Eclipses fame. To my fa, da, la, da, la, da, la. lade, dou, dade, dou, de.