The Horse Told Me (1993 Digital Remaster)

The Horse Told Me (1993 Digital Remaster) - Nat King Cole

In the big Handicap

There's a positive snap

Go bet on a horse

Called 'The Sheik

He'll walk off with the crown

If he doesn't fall down

And my boy that's what

Happened last week

Oh the Owner told

Clarence the clocker

The clocker told jockey McGee

The jockey of course

Passed it on to the horse

And the horse told me

Tell the age of the beast

By his teeth and at least

His teeth in the paddock looked great

But this toothy old red had

To sneeze in the stretch

And he won by the loss of a plate

Oh the Owner told Clarencee the clocker

The clocker told jockey McGee

The jockey of course

Passed it on to the horse

And the horse told me

I once bet on a steed

Of phenominal speed

Boy she was fast as Aunt Nell

But the judges they cried

This one's disqualified

There's a jet engine under her tail

Oh the Owner told Clarence the clocker

The clocker told jockey McGee

The jockey of course

Passed it on to the horse

And the horse told me

Tomorrow I'll bet just for kicks that I'll get

What's gold is just ol' yeller lead

I can lose with a grin if the horse don't come in

I'll just blow a big hole in my head

Oh the Owner told Clarence the clocker

The clocker told jockey McGee

The jockey of course

Passed it on to the horse

And the horse told me

I had put down a deuce

On a tip that got loose

This horse in the paddock looked stunning

I had overheard talk he could win in a walk

And he could but the others were runnin

Oh the Owner told Clarence the clocker

The clocker told jockey McGee

The jockey of course passed it on to the horse

And the horse told me

That's what he said