Gather round, folks,
and take your places.
We've got some advice
on how to play the races.
All the owner told Clarence
the clocker,
and the clocker told Jockey McGee.
The jockey, of course,
passed it on to the horse,
and the horse told me.
Now there's a sleeper, they say,
in the fourth race today.
Little filly called Rockaway Rose,
are you listening?
She comes on with a burst,
and she'll win if she's first.
But at least she'll be third if she shows.
Oh, the owner told Clar
ence the clock er,
the clocker told Jockey McGee,
McGee.
The jockey, of course,
passed it on to the horse,
and the horse told me.
Now, if it's muddy or wet,
you take the size of your bet
and divide by the weight of the shoes.
At the age multiplied
by the length of the stride,
And providing you win
you can't lose.
Oh, the owner told Clarence
the clocker,
The clocker told Jockey McGee,
McGee,
The jockey, of course,
passed it on to the horse,
And the horse told me,
I'm a boogie, that's me,
on the up and up sea,
You just pick them and
hand me your dough.
If I lose, then I grin.
Oh, but of course, if I win...
Then I hop on a bus and I blow.
Hey, where did he go?
Well now, tomorrow,
I'll bet just for kicks,
that's what I get.
What's gold?
It's just old yellow lead.
I can lose with a grin
If the horse don't come in.
I'll just blow one more hole in my head
Oh, the owner told
Clarence the clocker
The clocker told Jockey McGee
The McGee, the jockey of course
Passed it on to the horse
And the horse told me
It is the same old story at
any old track
Whether Saratoga, Narragansett
Lincoln Fields, Hialeah,
Belmont Park,
Arlington Park, Hollywood Park,
Hey, don't forget Del Mar,
the whores told me!