The Race That Stops A Nation

The race that stops a Nation it was run today And the Aussie horse racing fans are shouting hooray For master trainer Bart Cummings a great twelfth Melbourne Cup win And the greatest ever pay day for the Jockey Blake Shinn Once more the big hero of the mighty race The cool octogenarian Bart Cummings has a smile on his face Twelve Melbourne Cups in his lengthy training span The marvellous Bart is a legendary man For the winning horse Viewed it was a job well done The race that stops a Nation by a nose he won The runner up Bauer was unlucky maybe But to the owners and jockey and Bart go the spoils of victory The winners can laugh and the winners can cheer And the losing punters they can weep in their beer.