Escrita por Mark Knopfler, foi gravada entre fevereiro e março de 1978 e lançada no disco de estréia da banda, em 9 de junho de 1978. O produtor foi Muff Winwood. Mark Knppfler cantou, tocou guitarra base e guitarra solo. David Knopfler tocou guitarra solo e fez backing vocals. John Illsley tocou baixo e fez backing vocals. Pick Withers tocou bateria.
A letra:
Harry
made a bareback rider
Proud and free upon a horse
And a fine
coalminer
Oh yeah, for the ACB that was
A fallen angel
Jesus on the cross
A
skating ballerina
You should have seen her do the skater's waltz
Some people, they got to paint and
draw
Harry had to work in clay and stone
Like the waves coming
to the shore
It was in his blood and in his bones
He was ignored by all the trendy boys
in London
Yes, and in Leeds
He might as well have been making
toys
Or strings of beads
He couldn't be
No, he couldn't be
In
the gallery
No, no
In the gallery
And then you get an artist
He says
he doesn't want to paint at all
He takes an empty canvas
And
stickin' it on the wall
The birds of feather, all the phonies
and all of the fakes
While the dealers they get together
And
they decide who gets the breaks
And who's gonna be
Oh yeah, who's
gonna be
In the gallery
In the gallery
No lie, he get no compromise
He get
no junk, he do no string
And all the lies we subsidise
That
just don't mean a thing
I've got to say he passed away in
obscurity
And now all the vultures they're coming down from the
tree
He's gonna be
Oh yeah, he's gonna
be
In the galle-galle-galle-galle, a gallery
In the gallery
Harry made a bareback rider
Harry
made a bareback rider
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