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Slim Dusty – The Melbourne Cup lyrics
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 space
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 waiti
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    bippity boppity boo. what can i do for you. dippity doppity duck. this is what the frick i want. what am i doing.... dude... im dying... ok then..... i need minimum fiddy words so here. a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a.
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    i feel very attached to this song bc i like it and am doing it in english in an essay. im just joking i dont like it bc i think tht poetry is dumb especially long ones like this. i made a poem and tht ws also dumb. No one likes poetry apart from people i dont like bc thts true. i rlly dont like poetry since it sucks as a subject in it self and would love to see it be removed. I do not know a single person tht likes poetry. This is exactly why it should not be a learning area. Some words in poems just make no sense and we r being forced to decide wht we think it means and stuff like tht is pre dumb in my opinion. This poem isnt bad i guess bc someone actually took their time to making this and i respect tht but instead of publishing it for the whole wrld to see and making ppl like me do work on it, the poet could hav just kept it to himself instead of causing eternal pain and suffering for students like me.if ur reading i would like u to know tht i just got awesome rating on this ''meaning'' or comment so bye.
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