The Melbourne Cup

[00:05.73] There's a bustle in the city, there's excitement in the scrubs
[00:10.09] There's a drone of rowdy voices in every Aussie pub
[00:14.75] For a year we've all been waiting and we've put our money up
[00:19.07] And we're out to back the winner of the famous Melbourne Cup
[00:24.52] There's a pause in all production for our minds are on the race
[00:28.39] And it's time that all our worries are forgotten for a space
[00:33.67] And the women cease their talking, turn the radio well up
[00:37.30] And with whippin' spur they're waiting for the starting of the Cup
[00:42.71] And the T.A.B.'s are crowded and the punters rush and push
[00:46.51] They've held a sweep in every pub in the city and in bush
[00:51.82] Then a mighty cheering follows as the barrier goes up
[00:55.30] And there's a thousand jockey's spurring every race in the cup
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[01:04.57] The first Tuesday of November, every year it is the same
[01:08.13] Every Aussie heart is beating with excitement of the game
[01:13.73] For they bet on dream or fancy or the forms they've followed up
[01:17.55] From a dollar up to thousands on the famous Melbourne Cup
[01:22.81] There are millions who have never even sat upon a horse
[01:26.61] Whether it be yarding cattle or racing on the course
[01:31.64] And it's doubtful if they'd even know the way to saddle up
[01:35.50] But they take a lot of beating when they're racing in the cup
[01:40.54] Now the famous race is over for another hopeful year
[01:44.62] There's a lot of smiling faces and there's others shedding tears
[01:49.57] There's a battler made a fortune, and a wealthy man hard-up
[01:53.11] But win or lose they're waiting now for next year's Melbourne Cup
[01:57.84] Oh that's right
[02:00.32] There's a bustle in the city, there's excitement in the scrubs
[02:04.44] There's a drone of rowdy voices in every Aussie pub
[02:08.01] And the battler makes a fortune, and a wealthy man hard-up
[02:13.54] But win or lose they're waiting out for next year Melbourne cup
[02:18.09] There's a bustle in the city, there's excitement in the scrubs
[02:21.90] And a drone of rowdy voices in every Aussie pub
[02:25.89] And the battler makes a fortune, and a wealthy man hard-up
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