Maddy Prior - Rosettes lyrics

Rosettes are pinned on the wardrobe Certificates hang by the door It's horses and horses and horses again That's all she seems to live for Then comes the day She'll put them away Hide herself secretly In a diary with a lock and a key She's galloping, galloping over the plain The young girls are galloping, galloping again, Holding their horses and reigning them back Handling stallions with bridle and tack It'll help them to handle the men in their lives Horses will teach them to ride Horses will teach them to ride Four legs are sold for four wheels No more Sunday afternoon chills Instead of outside in the cold and the damp She's indoors finding new thrills And she knows what it meant By a three day event And life is one long hunter trial And she'll challenge it all with a smile She's galloping, galloping over the plain The young girls are galloping, galloping again, Horses for courses they're spurring them on Gentling geldings to ride to the hounds It'll help them to handle the men in their lives Horses will teach them to ride Horses will teach them to ride Galloping, galloping, galloping, ...