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Thread #141104 Message #3245518
Posted By: GUEST,999
27-Oct-11 - 09:53 AM
Thread Name: Skew Ball and 'Miss Grizzle'
Subject: RE: Skew Ball and 'Miss Grizzle'
"' When that they came to the middle of the course, Skewball and his rider began a discourse, Come, my brave rider, come tell unto me, How far is Miss Grizzle this moment from me.'
This is a Manchester (England) broadside (Bebbington, No. 206). In this version the mare with whom Skewball races is called 'Miss Grizzle."