Every Duke and Earl and Peer is here
Everyone who should be here is here
What a smashing, positively dashing
Spectacle the Ascot opening day

At the gate are all the horses
Waiting for the cue to fly away
What a gripping, absolutely ripping
Moment at the Ascot opening day

Pulses, rushing
Faces flushing
Heartbeats, speed up
I have never been so keyed up

Any second now they'll begin to run
Hark! A bell is ringing
They are springing forward look
It has begun

What a frenzied moment that was
Didn't they maintain an exhausting pace
T'was a thrilling, absolutely chilling 
Running of the Ascot opening race

