In life’s long race the saint must beat the devil;
Though on this Hebrew horse depend we must
To keep the Christian from the sinner’s dust.
That’s right, Jerushee, give old Mose the birch,
Fer here’s a race: The world ag’in’ the church;
Both Testaments are at it fer their lives—
The Old one pacin’ while the New one drives;
And Satan’s found at last all he can do
To tackle both the Gentile and the Jew.”
The stranger’s horses come at such a pace