Little Mary Ellen © Tony Fallon051717

Little Mary Ellen © Tony Fallon051717

Little Mary Ellen is a filly that races in New York

I knew another Mary Ellen who used to race in Cork

One could do the 800 meters in about two minutes flat

I assumed the other would run a mile about the same as that

To spend money on the Corkonian was often worth the cost

But when I put money on the other she went out and lost

One had a lovely figure and long blond curly hair

Within a year or two the other will be a big fat mare

She looked a little too cocky in the post parade

And didn’t look like of the others she was a bit afraid

The jockey was a Mexican I think his name was Jose 

It didn’t matter who he was this was not his day

To finish at least second or third that’s all I ask

They fitted her with blinkers I think it was a mask

A filly who ran like that surely wouldn’t want to be known

As I returned sadly to my pad my allowance blown

I have pleasant memories of Mary Ellen by Cork quay

I’ll never bet on the other one again until my dying day.