The Horses - The Tossers

‘Twas on a lovely day in spring

When all the roses were in bloom

And the sun was shining down up on all the new

Birds in their plume

When the horses came to town

Out to the races big and small

And I bet it all on a horse called Astoirinto

Win and to take it all

I gambled on the horses, and I won

Clang!

Went the sound of the bell

And he took off like a shot

At the crack of the gate he went batterin'

Outand he led the bleedin' lot

And the crowd let out with a roar

And I threw up me hands to the sky

Thinking it’s yer lucky day ya prickand

What a good boy am I

Well then he clobbered to the fore

Just like a hammer straight from hell

Shovin' horses kicking dirt and pushing

Through the swell

And as they took the final turn

He passed Curragh and Honey Moon

All with a thousand people watching him in

The merry month of June