Classic Poem

VERSE

Down in Kentucky
The horses devil a man.
A lady in Louisville
Is only an also-ran.
I got a forehead full of frowns
Since I came to Churchill Downs.



REFRAIN 1

Blue grass, blue grass,
Lost my lover in the blue grass,
Blame the ponies in the blue grass.
Hard to compete
With gallopin' feet.
Blue dawn, blue noon,
Only see him in a blue moon,
Lost my lover in the blue, blue grass.
In the cold
When I should be warm,
He can't keep me warm
With a Racing Form.
In the cold
Guess I lost my hold,
Ain't as frisky as a three-year-old.
Nightmare, day mare,
Feelin' older than the gray mare,
Lost my lover in the blue, blue grass.



REFRAIN 2

Blue grass, blue grass,
Lost my lover in the blue grass,
Blame the ponies in the blue grass.
They get the rush,
I get the brush.
Rides 'em, walks 'em,
In his sleep he even talks 'em,
Found my rival in the blue, blue grass.
In the cold,
And it looks as though
I ain't in the dough,
Even place or show.
In the cold,
I would give my all,
Even move my bed into a stall.
Might be lucky
Far away from old Kentucky.
Lost my lover in the blue, blue grass.