Rich Strike

Hear the story ‘bout the horse Rich Strike?

Rich Strike

Remember his name

Come up to Kentucky

Won that Derby race

They laughed at my rider

Said he did not belong

Laughed at my rider

Said he didn’t belong

But he come up wild

Yes, 80 to one

Well he run for the midnight

Run for the fool

Run for the ones

That can't keep a rule

Run for the loser

Run for the rake

Run for the poor child

Ain’t got nothin' at stake

Rich strike

Remember his name

Come up to Kentucky

Won that derby race

Well he came up by the rail

Split in between

Came up to third

Back from seventeen

He passed on the side

Just a two year colt

Nobody saw him

Run like a thunder bolt

Run for the gambler

Run for the robber

Run for the man

Ain’t never had a dollar

Run for the crazy

Run for sick

Run for every time

I been licked

Rich strike

Remember his name

Come up to Kentucky

Won that Derby race

Hear the crowd cheer

As he crossed the white line

Ladies dancin’

In their flashin’ style

All them black stallions

had to bow down low

Beat by a nobody so and so

He run for the straggler

Run for the blind

Run for the broken

Been left behind

He run for the devil

Run for the sinner

He run for his life

And come up a winner

Rich Strike

Remember his name

Come up to Kentucky

Won that Derby race

Go rich strike, go!