There's a bustle in the city, there's excitement in the scrubs
There's a drone of rowdy voices in every Aussie pub
For a year we've all been waiting and we've put our money up
And we're out to back the winner of the famous Melbourne Cup.
There's a pause in all production for our minds are on the race
And it's time that all our worries are forgotton for a s***e,
And the women cease their talking, turn the radio well up,
And with whippin' spur their waiting for the starting of the Cup.
And the T.A.B.'s are crowded and the punters rush and push,
They've held a sweep in every pub in city and in bush,
Then a mighty cheering follows as the barrier goes up,
And there's a thousand jockey's spurring every race their in the cup.
The first Tuesday of November, every year it is the same
Every Aussie heart is beating with excitement of the game,
For they bet on dream or fancy or the forms they've followed up,
From a dollar up to thousands on the famous Melbourne Cup.
There are millions who have never even sat upon a horse
Whether it be yarding cattle or racing on the course,
And it's doubtful if they'd even know the way to saddle up
But they take a lot of beating when they're racing in the cup.
Now the famous race is over for another hopeful year,
There's a lot of smiling faces and there's others shedding tears,
There's a battler made a fortune, and a wealthy man hard-up,
But win or lose they're waiting now for next year's Melbourne Cup.
Oh that's right
There's a bustle in the city, there's excitement in the scrubs
There's a drone of rowdy voices in every Aussie pub
And the battler makes a fortune, and a wealthy man hard-up
But win or lose they're waiting now for next year's Melbourne Cup.
There's a bustle in the city, there's excitement in the scrubs
There's a drone of rowdy voices in every Aussie pub
And the battler makes a fortune, and a wealthy man hard-up [Fade out]
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From his album: "Australia is His Name" Disc 2
There's a drone of rowdy voices in every Aussie pub
For a year we've all been waiting and we've put our money up
And we're out to back the winner of the famous Melbourne Cup.
There's a pause in all production for our minds are on the race
And it's time that all our worries are forgotton for a s***e,
And the women cease their talking, turn the radio well up,
And with whippin' spur their waiting for the starting of the Cup.
And the T.A.B.'s are crowded and the punters rush and push,
They've held a sweep in every pub in city and in bush,
Then a mighty cheering follows as the barrier goes up,
And there's a thousand jockey's spurring every race their in the cup.
The first Tuesday of November, every year it is the same
Every Aussie heart is beating with excitement of the game,
For they bet on dream or fancy or the forms they've followed up,
From a dollar up to thousands on the famous Melbourne Cup.
There are millions who have never even sat upon a horse
Whether it be yarding cattle or racing on the course,
And it's doubtful if they'd even know the way to saddle up
But they take a lot of beating when they're racing in the cup.
Now the famous race is over for another hopeful year,
There's a lot of smiling faces and there's others shedding tears,
There's a battler made a fortune, and a wealthy man hard-up,
But win or lose they're waiting now for next year's Melbourne Cup.
Oh that's right
There's a bustle in the city, there's excitement in the scrubs
There's a drone of rowdy voices in every Aussie pub
And the battler makes a fortune, and a wealthy man hard-up
But win or lose they're waiting now for next year's Melbourne Cup.
There's a bustle in the city, there's excitement in the scrubs
There's a drone of rowdy voices in every Aussie pub
And the battler makes a fortune, and a wealthy man hard-up [Fade out]
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From his album: "Australia is His Name" Disc 2