And the hero is only a horse:

They called him the Cavalier, Sir,

His coat was a chesnut hue;

He wasn’t a big one either;

Standing but fifteen two.

He was bred just as well as they make ’em;

He could jump with the best in the hunt:

And no matter how long, or how fast, was the run,

The Cavalier, Sir, was always in front.

In his youth he had carried a lady,