Slim Dusty - The Melbourne Cup Lyrics
There's a bustle in the city, there's excitement in the scrubsThere's a drone of rowdy voices in every Aussie pubFor a year we've all been waiting and we've put our money upAnd we're out to back the winner of the famous Melbourne CupThere's a pause in all production for our minds are on the raceAnd it's time that all our worries are forgotton for a spaceAnd the women cease their talking, turn the radio well upAnd with whippin' spur their waiting for the starting of the CupAnd the T.A.B.'s are crowded and the punters rush and pushThey've held a sweep in every pub in city and in bushThen a mighty cheering follows as the barrier goes upAnd there's a thousand jockey's spurring every race their in the cupThe first Tuesday of November, every year it is the sameEvery Aussie heart is beating with excitement of the gameFor they bet on dream or fancy or the forms they've followed upFrom a dollar up to thousands on the famous Melbourne CupThere are millions who have never even sat upon a horseWhether it be yarding cattle or racing on the courseAnd it's doubtful if they'd even know the way to saddle upBut they take a lot of beating when they're racing in the cupNow the famous race is over for another hopeful yearThere's a lot of smiling faces and there's others shedding tearsThere's a battler made a fortune, and a wealthy man hard-upBut win or lose they're waiting now for next year's Melbourne CupOh that's rightThere's a bustle in the city, there's excitement in the scrubsThere's a drone of rowdy voices in every Aussie pubAnd the battler makes a fortune, and a wealthy man hard-upBut win or lose they're waiti
