X:620190
T:GB/6b/19 Horse Racing Song
C:Sung by Mr. "Blue" Fisher, Tidenham, Norfolk, December 1911
C:Collected by R Vaughan Williams and GSK Butterworth
F:http://archives.vwml.org/record/GB/6b/19
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones
L:1/8
M:4/4
Q:"Editorial suggestion" 1/4=120
K:Bb
F2 | B2 B2 B2"^(a)" dc | c2 F2 HF2 F2 | B2 B2 (Bc) (de) |
w: It's of three north nob-le coun-try dukes from the New- mar- _ket_ 
f6 (fe) | d2 (dc) B2"^(b)" (BA) | G2"^(c)" B2 F2 FF | GA B2 d2"^(d)" e2 |
w: came, All_ for a_ wa-ger_ they did run, and the rid-ers to do the 
[M:3/2] B4 G4 F2 FF |[M:4/4] GA"^(e)" B2 d2 (ec) | B6 ||
w: same, The same, and the rid-ers to do the_ same.
F2 | B2 B2 B2"^(a) var." d2 | c2 F2 HF2 F2 |B2 B2 (Bc) (de) | 
f6 (fe) | d2 (dc) B2"^(b) var." B2 | G2"^(c) var." (BG) F2 FF |GA B2 d2"^(d) var." (ec) |
[M:3/2] B4 G4 F2 FF |[M:4/4] GA"^(e) var." (Bc) d2 (ec) | B6 |]
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W:
W: 1. It's of three north noble country dukes from the Newmarket came
W: All for a wager they did run, and the riders to do the same,
W: The same, and the riders to do the same.
W:
W: 2. And as they were a-riding along the road, they met with a little boy
W: "Come show to me Lord Framplin's halls that his horses we may see."
W: May see, that his horses we may see.
W: 
W: 3. Then he took them into his middlemost stable, among those riders all
W: There was great Greasy-heel, little Lamp-boy Jack, little Molly shall run with you all.
W: You all, etc.
W: 
W: 4. Then up bespoke the poorest duke, the poorest of those three
W: "I'll run you for thirty thousand pounds, and tomorrow shall be the day."
W:
W: 5. So when Lord Framplin heard those words, he stood with his hat in his hand
W: "I'll run you for gold whilst gold shall hold, and I'll make it upon your land."
W:
W: 6. Then the drums and the trumpets we did sound, all for them to get ready
W: And all Lord Frampton had to say, "Mind you, Jack boy, and be steady."
W:
W: 7. The first milepost he did come at, Lord Thompson's man did say:
W: "If you can't go no faster than this, kind sir, I'll show you the way."
W:
W: 8. The second milepost he did come at, the people all declared
W: They hardly could decide the case between the horse and the mare.
W:
W: 9. There was heel to heel and toe to toe, so merrily they did run on,
W: They were shoulder to shoulder and flank to flank, and the whip and touch began.
W:
W: 10. And just as they did climb the hill, Lord Framplin's mare being free
W: She took to her heels and away did run, and Lord Framplin he carried the day.