Waiting at the Church (parody)

Transcript

I've only once been to a race course in my life To the temptation again I'll never yield I got excited when the horse was meant to start And the bookie shouted then to warm the field Abram wrote again and gave me such a lovely tip And introduced me to a bookie too That I'll have the freedom to be a freedom rock And I will care what that can do with you There was I, safe before earth,

you can bet your life it was It's still running down the course, the junkie came along Gave me a kick with all his force, boy how he did upset me The bookmaker from his eight-year-old Was beyond a nose, my two eyes were closed Couldn't get away to my favorite shop today The doctor wouldn't let me There was I, waiting for my horse, you can bet your life it was It's still running down the course, the junkie came along Gave me a kick with all his force,

boy how he did upset me The bookmaker from his eight-year-old Was beyond a nose, my two eyes were closed Couldn't get away to my favorite shop today The doctor wouldn't let me

Transcribed by AI from the recording above. These are noisy hundred-year-old cylinders, so expect misheard words and the occasional invented line — trust your ears over the text.