But now, in open fields, I am forced for to go,

In all sorts of weather, let it be hail, rain, freeze, or snow.

Poor old horse: poor old horse.

Once I was fed on the very best corn and hay

That ever grew in yon fields, or in yon meadows gay;

But now there's no such doing can I find at all,

I'm glad to pick the green sprouts that grow behind yon wall.

Poor old horse: poor old horse.

"You are old, you are cold, you are deaf, dull, dumb and slow,

You are not fit for anything, or in my team to draw.