The Ascot Gavotte
(Dutch Version: Ascot Gavotte)
Composer(s): Alan Jay Lerner - Frederick Loewe - Lane & Friends
Performer(s): Roger Rees



Ladies and Gentlemen 
Ev'ry duke and earl and peer is here 
Ev'ryone who should be here is here
What a smashing, positively dashing 
Spectacle: the Ascot op'ning day
At the gate are all the horses 
Waiting for the cue to fly away 
What a gripping, absolutely ripping 
Moment at the Ascot op'ning day 
Pulses rushing! 
Faces flushing! 
Heartbeats speed up! 
I have never been so keyed up! 
And 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? 
'Twas a thrilling, absolutely chilling 
Running of the 
Ascot op'ning race