The Galway Farmer - Show Of Hands

[00:0.0]The Galway Farmer - Show Of Hands
[00:13.6]I worked my days on a Galway Farm
[00:18.27]In the sun and rain and wind and storm
[00:22.51]But once a year I'll chance my arm
[00:26.72]And cross the sea to England
[00:30.57]I'll scrimp and save 2000 pounds
[00:34.79]Spend the week in Cheltenham town
[00:38.92]But the racing over always down
[00:43.11]I come back poor from England
[00:48.09]I dreamed one night before I left
[00:51.58]A coal black mare with a white star chest
[00:54.63]Crossed the line and beat the rest
[00:57.49]I came back rich to Galway
[01:00.6]I rose at dawn and drove all day
[01:06.1]Thinking wondering all the way
[01:10.92]Lady luck have you come to stay
[01:15.6]Or steal away in the morning
[01:40.43]When I got to Cheltenham town
[01:44.83]Irish faces all around
[01:49.18]No bed or mattress to be found
[01:54.05]I slept out on the hillside
[01:58.83]I spent three days at the viewing ring
[01:63.7]Saw the horses they led in
[01:68.83]And just as I was giving in
[01:73.45]I stood and stared in wonder
[01:80.38]With stamping hooves and steaming breath
[01:85.48]A coal black mare with a white star chest
[01:90.42]I ran my finger down the list
[01:95.08]I matched the name and number
[02:00.37]Well Lady Luck had come half way
[02:04.68]The horses name was Galway Bay
[02:09.62]20-1 were the odds that day
[02:14.47]I went to make my wager
[02:37.83]I counted out 2000 pounds
[02:43.4]Held it high slapped it down
[02:47.88]The bookie smiled but made no sound
[02:52.62]I knew what he was thinking
[02:57.43]The biggest loser in all the land
[02:62.15]With pounding heart and shaking hands
[02:67.08]I made my way up to the stand
[02:72.08]The horses came to order
[02:83.68]But at the first she nearly fell
[02:91.85]I cursed my farmers luck to hell
[02:98.6]The second and third she took quite well
[03:05.17]Way behind the leaders
[03:12.33]Then moving swiftly from the back
[03:18.37]Found the rails and caught the pack
[03:23.17]Ten to go and from the track
[03:27.8]Her hooves were drumming thunder
[04:49.25]She's catching horses one by one
[04:52.85]Bridle flashing in the sun
[04:56.73]Eight to go and a mile to run
[04:60.27]Two are left before her
[04:63.92]Down the straight and on they sped
[04:67.27]Left one at the last for dead
[04:71.2]Caught the next and by a head
[04:75.15]She came home a winner
[04:86.98]So I came back to my Galway farm
[04:95.87]A wiser and a richer man
[05:03.8]But never again I'll chance my arm
[05:10.6]Or cross the sea to England
[05:18.43]'Cos Lady Luck was mine that day
[05:23.52]I held her close and she went my way
[05:28.02]I raised a glass to the Galway Bay
[05:32.83]And the dream of the Galway farmer