QUOTE FOR THE DAY

"The Melbourne Cup"

        by Slim Dusty

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 forgotten for a space

And the women cease their talking, turn the radio well up

And with whip and spur they're waiting for the starting of the Cup

And the TAB'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 jockeys spurring every race there 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.

Hear Slim sing it by clicking on:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGub_vZOMsM