The Horse Told Me (09-09-49)-Nat King Cole

[ti:The Horse Told Me] [ar:Nat King Cole] [al:The Complete Capitol Recordings Of The Nat King Cole Trio] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Horse Told Me (09-09-49) - Nat King Cole [00:16.26]In the big Handicap [00:17.22]There's a positive snap [00:18.68] [00:19.48]Go bet on a horse [00:20.99]Called 'The Sheik [00:22.58]He'll walk off with the crown [00:24.39]If he doesn't fall down [00:25.92]And my boy that's what [00:27.32]Happened last week [00:28.68]Oh the Owner told [00:30.05]Clarence the clocker [00:32.67]The clocker told jockey McGee [00:34.00] [00:35.82]The jockey of course [00:37.02]Passed it on to the horse [00:38.92]And the horse told me [00:44.09] [00:46.70]Tell the age of the beast [00:47.91]By his teeth and at least [00:50.04]His teeth in the paddock looked great [00:53.00]But this toothy old red had [00:54.61]To sneeze in the stretch [00:56.05]And he won by the loss of a plate [00:58.94]Oh the Owner told Clarencee the clocker [01:02.51]The clocker told jockey McGee [01:05.89]The jockey of course [01:07.58]Passed it on to the horse [01:09.09]And the horse told me [01:11.16] [01:16.77]I once bet on a steed [01:18.34]Of phenominal speed [01:19.46] [01:20.17]Boy she was fast as Aunt Nell [01:23.10]But the judges they cried [01:24.54]This one's disqualified [01:25.36] [01:26.86]There's a jet engine under her tail [01:29.33]Oh the Owner told Clarence the clocker [01:33.04]The clocker told jockey McGee [01:36.30]The jockey of course [01:37.70]Passed it on to the horse [01:39.38]And the horse told me [01:42.58] [01:57.58]Tomorrow I'll bet just for kicks that I'll get [01:59.77]What's gold is just ol' yeller lead [02:03.39]I can lose with a grin if the horse don't come in [02:06.45]I'll just blow a big hole in my head [02:09.10]Oh the Owner told Clarence the clocker [02:12.70]The clocker told jockey McGee [02:16.46]The jockey of course [02:17.89]Passed it on to the horse [02:19.55]And the horse told me [02:24.67]I had put down a deuce [02:26.77]On a tip that got loose [02:28.05]This horse in the paddock looked stunning [02:30.79]I had overheard talk he could win in a walk [02:33.62] [02:34.21]And he could but the others were runnin [02:36.95]Oh the Owner told Clarence the clocker [02:40.91]The clocker told jockey McGee [02:44.16]The jockey of course passed it on to the horse [02:51.67]And the horse told me [02:57.67]That's what he said