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Ponies in the sun, the race is soon beginning |
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My father bet the family fortune on a sleek brown horse |
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My father had a hunch |
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We gave up lunch so daddy could make a wager |
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Ma would scoff, she would scoff, hear her scoff |
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And they're off... they are off |
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And they move in a herd like a four letter word |
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And they're off |
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Tickets float to the ground and the band starts to play as the horses go round |
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And they're off |
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Mummy sat and cried, but dad was unaffected |
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He said: Have you ever had a better two minutes in the last three years? |
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We said: But dad, the dumb horse lost! |
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He said: Sometimes joy has a terrible cost, I know that! |
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Ma would scoff, she would scoff, hear her scoff |
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And they're off... yeah they're off |
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Mummy's biting his neck as they roll on the deck |
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And they're off |
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There is blood on the ground |
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And the band starts to play as the horses go round |
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And they're off |
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Isn't life funny, people loose money and have fun |
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Betting of course is hell on the horses |
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And the families where the betting is done |
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It's a joke to believe someone won |
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All they did was fight, plus they discussed the weather |
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My father bet the family fortune till it disappeared |
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They also laughed a lot |
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That was the thing I often forgot to tell you |
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But it's true, yes it's true, it is true |
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And he's off... daddy's off |
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We get letters from Maine where he tries to explain why he's off |
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What was lost was not found |
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And the band starts to play as the horses go round |
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And they're off |
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And they're off... yeah they're off |
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And they move in a herd like a four letter word |
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And they're off |
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There is blood on the ground |
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And the band starts to play as the horses go round |
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And round, and around, and around, and around, and around |
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And they're off |
