Horsey Horsey
Horsey, horsey is a comedy song written in 1937 by Paddy Roberts, Elton Box, Desmond Cox and Ralph Butler and which was made popular for Jack Jackson, Billy Cotton and Henry Hall.[1]
Original lyrics:
[Verse 1]
- Farmer Grey's got a one-horse shay
- He takes to town on market day
- Coming home when the lights are low
- He sings this song as away they go
[Chorus]
- Horsey, horsey don't you stop
- Just let your feet go clipity clop,
- Your tail goes swish and your wheels go round,
- Giddy up, we're homeward bound.
- Horsey horsey on your way
- We’ve got a journey of many a day
- Your tail go swish and your wheels go round,
- Giddy up, we're homeward bound.
- We ain’t in a hustle
- We ain’t in a bustle
- Don’t go tearing up the road
- We ain’t in a hurry
- We ain’t in a flurry
- And we ain’t got a very heavy load
- so
- Horsey horsey on your way
- We’ve got a journey of many a day
- Your tail go swish and your wheels go round,
- Giddy up, we're homeward bound.
[Verse 2]
- Going home, when they get half way
- They call a halt at the "Load of Hay"
- He has just one, then he has one more
- And you'll hear him singing after three or four.
[Chorus]
- Horsey, horsey don't you stop
- Just let your feet go clipity clop,
- Your tail goes swish and your wheels go round,
- Giddy up, we're homeward bound.
- Horsey horsey on your way
- We’ve got a journey of many a day
- Your tail go swish and your wheels go round,
- Giddy up, we're homeward bound."
- We ain’t in a hustle
- We ain’t in a bustle
- Don’t go tearing up the road
- We ain’t in a hurry
- We ain’t in a flurry
- And we ain’t got a very heavy load
- so
- Horsey horsey on your way
- We’ve got a journey of many a day
Your tail go swish and your wheels go round,
- Giddy up, we're homeward bound.
- You don't need the whip now goodness knows
- You don't need the reins so I'll take a little doze
- Horsey horsey on your way
- We’ve got a journey of many a day
Your tail go swish and your wheels go round,
- Giddy up, we're homeward bound.
The chorus is mostly sung as a round and the verses not sung. The chorus of the song was sung by Ruth Madoc (as Gladys Pugh) in an episode of the BBC TV situation comedy, Hi-de-Hi! ('The Pay Off', 1982), set in a holiday camp in the late 1950s.
Sources
- ^ NME artists, http://www.nme.com/artists/paddy-roberts, retrieved 17/04/09.
Original sheet music: "Horsey! Horsey!" Published by The Sun Music Co. Ltd. London WC2 and printed in London England by The Compton Printing Works (London) Ltd.