| Ladies and Gentlemen
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| Ev’ry duke and earl and peer is here
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| Ev’ryone who should be here is here.
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| What a smashing, positively dashing
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| Spectacle: the Ascot op’ning day.
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| At the gate are all the horses
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| Waiting for the cue to fly away.
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| What a gripping, absolutely ripping
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| Moment at the Ascot op’ning day.
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| Pulses rushing! |
| Faces flushing!
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| Heartbeats speed up! |
| I have never been so keyed up!
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| And second now They’ll begin to run. |
| Hark!
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| A bell is ringing, They are springing Forward Look!
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| It has begun!!! |
| What a frenzied moment that was!
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| Didn’t they maintain an exhausting pace?
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| 'Twas a thrilling, absolutely chilling Running of the
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| Ascot op’ning race. |