Slide set: Johnny Gilpin (recitation: Wrench & Son, 12 slides, in/before 1892)
![John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, / Though wedded we have been / [...]](../imagebank/slide/thumbs/5095/5095360a.jpg "John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, / Though wedded we have been / [...]")
![So three doors off the chaise was stay'd, / Where they did all get in; / [...]](../imagebank/slide/thumbs/5095/5095361a.jpg "So three doors off the chaise was stay'd, / Where they did all get in; / [...]")
![For saddletree scarce reached had he, / His journey to begin, / [...]](../imagebank/slide/thumbs/5095/5095362a.jpg "For saddletree scarce reached had he, / His journey to begin, / [...]")
!['Twas long before the customers / Were suited to their mind; / [...]](../imagebank/slide/thumbs/5095/5095363a.jpg "'Twas long before the customers / Were suited to their mind; / [...]")
![But finding soon a smoother road / Beneath his well-shod feet, / [...]](../imagebank/slide/thumbs/5095/5095364a.jpg "But finding soon a smoother road / Beneath his well-shod feet, / [...]")
![Away went Gilpin neck or nought, / Away went hat and wig; / [...]](../imagebank/slide/thumbs/5095/5095365a.jpg "Away went Gilpin neck or nought, / Away went hat and wig; / [...]")
![The dogs did bark, the children scream'd, / Up flew the windows all; / [...]](../imagebank/slide/thumbs/5095/5095366a.jpg "The dogs did bark, the children scream'd, / Up flew the windows all; / [...]")
![I came because your horse would come, / And if I well forbode, / [...]](../imagebank/slide/thumbs/5095/5095367a.jpg "I came because your horse would come, / And if I well forbode, / [...]")
![Whereat his horse did snort, as he / Had heard a lion roar, / [...]](../imagebank/slide/thumbs/5095/5095368a.jpg "Whereat his horse did snort, as he / Had heard a lion roar, / [...]")
![And thus unto the youth she said, / That drove them to the Bell, / [...]](../imagebank/slide/thumbs/5095/5095369a.jpg "And thus unto the youth she said, / That drove them to the Bell, / [...]")
![Six gentlemen upon the road / Thus seeing Gilpin fly, / [...]](../imagebank/slide/thumbs/5095/5095370a.jpg "Six gentlemen upon the road / Thus seeing Gilpin fly, / [...]")
![And so he did, and won it too, / For he got first to town; / [...]](../imagebank/slide/thumbs/5095/5095371a.jpg "And so he did, and won it too, / For he got first to town; / [...]")
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Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 18 May 2024
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