changed his name to Mandrake there's no trick he don't
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never bucks the
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drake is a
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wizard so that's
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how he got his
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Screw down the saddle
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make it good and tight
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Back from the ropes please ask him is he
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right
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Pick up you mate lads
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he had a nasty fall
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They're all the same to Mandrake
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champions and
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all
Now all you local riders come
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here and gather 'round
Stay
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on his back ten seconds and I'll pay a hundred
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pounds
The champion of Queensland got
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on to ride him
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round
He
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rode him just
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two seconds
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one up one coming
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A fella came in the other night to
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show what he could do
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thought that he'd be clever so he painted his pants with
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Mandrake threw him easily he
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said huh I don't
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mind
I says
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old chap take a
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look at yourself
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you've left your pants
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behind
Repeat #3
A new chum went up to the boys
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just the other night
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Mandrake got mixed up in the ropes and gave him a heck of a
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What'll I do if he skips out of the
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ring I heard him
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Why you
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jump into the
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ring then pal and
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you'll be quiet
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okay
I have a little saying it's
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one you ought to know
It's
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always been my motto of my traveling Rod
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There never was a rider who
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never could be
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never was a
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bronco that
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never could be
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rode
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Mandrake?
- The song Mandrake was sang by Tex Morton.
Who is Tex Morton?
- Tex Morton (born Robert William Lane in Nelson, New Zealand, also credited as Robert Tex Morton 30 August 1916 - 23 July 1983) was a pioneer of New Zealand and Australian country and western music, vaudevillian, actor, television host and circus performer
