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Seventh Son
by Mike Campbell 2005

I was born unto my parents on the seventh of July,
My father was a seventh son and so, by chance, was I.
The stars were all aligned, I was the seventh baby born,
In the year 1907 at seven in the morn.

Upon my seventh birthday I was given half a crown.
'Twas at the Galway races and they let me bet it down.
The odds were one to seven on a dapple colored gray,
And they cheered me as a lucky lad to win so much that day.

Throughout my years of schooling many blessings I received,
Good fortune seemed to give me anything that I might need.
My teachers and my peers alike thought me their lucky friend,
When e'er I left they'd count the days 'til I'd return again.

On my twenty-seventh birthday to the races I did go,
I took my sweet Kathleen because she loves the ponies so.
In the seventh race, the seventh horse, a bay named Seventh Son,
My eyes near popped the odds on him were seventy to one.

I quickly bade Kathleen to sit and both our seats to hold,
Then hurried to the bank and withdrew all my gold.
I mortgaged all my lands and pawned my father's watch and chain,
When I bet it on that horse to win, they thought I was insane.

Now the horses leave the starting gate, they thunder down the track,
Seventh Son is in the lead, he cannot be held back.
The crowd is cheering madly and my heart is beating fast.
But around the turn he falters and one horse slips on past.

They are all bunched up together down the back stretch they have sped,
Seventh Son has slipped to third, but only by a head.
His feet are flying swiftly and there's thunder in his stride,
But even so another horse comes slipping by inside.

Now around the final turn the horses kicking up the dust,
It's hard to see who's in the lead but in my luck I trust.
I close my eyes, I turn my back, I listen to the crowd,
And as the horses cross the line the cheering is so loud.

My heart is in my throat as I gaze up at the board,
A lifetime of good luck is not a thing to be ignored.
And seven's been my lucky number all of my lifetime,
But that number seven horse was seventh 'cross the line.

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