It’s a Simple Little System

Lyrics

[SANDOR] It's a simple little system Any child can understand The composers' names we list 'em With the racetracks of the land With this simple little system We'll be close by fortune's door And to think that no one ever, ever Thought of it before! [SANDOR, spoken] Gentlemen, look at your charts! [SANDOR] What is Beethoven? [SOLO] Belmont Park! [SANDOR] Where's Puccini? [SOLO] Pimlico! [SANDOR] Who is Humperdinck? [SOLO] Hollywood! [SANDOR] What is Beethoven? [Chorus] Beethoven is Belmont Park [SANDOR] Where is puccini? [Chorus] Puccini is Pimlico [SANDOR] Who is Humperdinck? [Chorus] Humperdinck is Hollywood [SANDOR] That is correct! Turn the page [SANDOR] What's Tchaikovsky? [SOLO] Churchill Downs! [SANDOR] Who's Moussorgsky? [SOLO] Monmouth Park! [SANDOR] What's Rachmaninoff? [SOLO] Rockingham! [SANDOR] What's Tchaikovsky? [Chorus] Tchaikovsky is Churchill Downs [SANDOR] Who's Moussorgsky? [Chorus] Moussorgsky is Monmouth Parkpark [SANDOR] What's Rachmaninoff? [Chorus] Rachmaninoff is Rockingham [SANDOR] That is correct! Turn the page [Chorus] It's a simple little system We're impatient to begin [GIRLS] Oh, yes Oh, yes! [CHORIUS] It's a simple little system when the law is listening [SANDOR] We will take those record orders In a very cultured tone While we're really booking horses Over at Susanswerphone! [SANDOR & Chorus] We'll be rich! We'll be rich! We'll be rich! [Chorus] Debussy is Delmar Humperdinck is Hollywood Cesar Franck is Fairground Sibelius is Sportsman's Park Berlioz is Bainbridge Hindemith is Hawthorne Offenbach is Omaha [SANDOR, spoken] Everybody! All together now! [MEN] Who is Beethoven? [MEN & GIRLS] Belmont Park! (It's a simple little system) [MEN] Who's Puccini? Pimlico! (Simple little system) [MEN] Who's Tchaikovsky? [MEN & GIRLS] Churchill Downs (Kentucky) [Chorus] And Shostakovich is Saratoga! [SANDOR] What is Handel? [Chorus] Hialeah! Hialeah! [SANDOR] Who is Handel? [Chorus] Hialeah! Hialeah! [SANDOR & Chorus] Oh, what a system!