Give 'em String And Let 'em Went - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
Give 'em String and Let 'em Went. 
Life is but a span of horses -One is age the other prime; Up and down the hill our course is, "Go in, ponies, make your time." 
Boyhood flies the whip of pleasure. Youthful folly gives a stroke; Manhood goads them at his leisure"Let em 'rip-they're tough as oak." 
"Hi, yo! there; the stakes we'll pocket, To the winds let them be sent; Time: 2.whip in socket. Give 'em string and let 'em went," 
On the sunny road to fifty, Prime is drown'd in Lethe's stream; Age is left old and unthrifty, Life then proves a "one horse team." 
Age jogs on, grows quite unsteady, Reels and slackens in his pace. Kicks the bucket, always ready. Gives it up-Death wins the race.