The Galway Farmer-Steve Knightley

[00:01.01]I worked my days on a Galway Farm [00:03.83]In the sun and rain and wind and storm [00:07.26]But once a year I'll chance my arm [00:11.39]And cross the sea to England [00:15.29]I'll scrimp and save 2000 pounds [00:19.23]Spend the week in Cheltenham town [00:22.79]But the racing over always down [00:27.01]I come back poor from England [00:31.50]I dreamed one night before I left [00:34.52]A coal black mare with a white star chest [00:37.07]Crossed the line and beat the rest [00:39.38]I came back rich to Galway [00:42.24]Rose at dawn and drove all day [00:44.70]Thinking, wondering all the way [00:47.22]Lady luck have you come to stay [00:49.52]Or steal away my morning [00:53.07]And when I got to Cheltenham town [00:55.66]Irish faces all around [00:57.75]No bed or mattress to be found [01:00.35]I slept out on the hillside [01:02.50]I spent three days in the viewing ring [01:04.84]And saw the horses they led in [01:07.15]Just as I was giving in [01:09.36]I stood and stared in wonder [01:12.59]With stamping hooves and steaming breath [01:14.89]A coal black mare with a white star chest [01:17.20]I ran my finger down the list [01:19.46]To matched the name and number [01:21.79]Lady Luck had come half way [01:23.74]The horses' name was Galway Bay [01:26.06]20-1 were the odds that day [01:28.09]I went to make my wager [01:31.08]I counted out 2000 pounds [01:33.25]Held it high and slapped it down [01:35.34]The bookie smiled but made no sound [01:37.29]I knew what he was thinking [01:39.16]I was the biggest loser in all the land [01:41.17]With pounding heart and shaking hands [01:43.39]I made my way up to the stand [01:45.17]And the horses came to order [01:47.99]But at the first she nearly fell [01:50.10]I cursed my farmers luck to hell [01:52.06]The second and third she took quite well [01:53.84]But Way behind the leaders [01:55.63]Then moving swiftly from the back [01:57.27]She found the rails and caught the pack [01:59.25]Ten to go and from the track [02:01.11]Hooves were drumming thunder [02:03.56]She’s catching horses one by one [02:05.30]Bridle flashing in the sun [02:06.95]Eight to go and a mile to run [02:08.65]Two are left before her [02:10.09]Almost straight down on they sped [02:11.59]Left one at the last for dead [02:13.18]Caught the next and by a head [02:16.01]She came home the winner [02:21.30]So I came back to my Galway farm [02:24.47]A wiser and a richer man [02:27.97]Never again to chance my arm [02:31.85]Or cross the sea to England [02:35.79]Cause Lady Luck was mine that day [02:38.12]I kissed her mouth and I went my way [02:40.66]I raised a glass to the Galway Bay [02:42.78]And the dream of the Galway farmer [02:46.75]