Ascot Gavotte lyrics

[LADIES AND GENTLEMEN]

Ev'ry duke and earl and peer is here

Ev'ryone who should be here is here

What a smashing, positively dashing spectacle:

The Ascot op'ning day

At the gate are all the horses

Waiting for the cue to fly away

What a gripping, absolutely ripping

Moment at the Ascot op'ning day

Pulses rushing!

Faces flushing!

Heartbeats speed up!

I have never been so keyed up!

Any second now

They'll begin to run

Hark! A bell is ringing, they are springing forward, look

It has begun!

What a frenzied moment that was!

Didn't they maintain an exhausting pace?

'Twas a thrilling, absolutely chilling running of the

Ascot op'ning race