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.

Original lyrics:

[Verse 1]

Farmer Grey's got a one-horse shayHe takes to town on market dayComing home when the lights are lowHe sings this song as away they go

[Chorus]

Horsey, horsey don't you stopJust 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 wayWe’ve got a journey of many a dayYour tail go swish and your wheels go round,Giddy up, we're homeward bound.We ain’t in a hustleWe ain’t in a bustleDon’t go tearing up the roadWe ain’t in a hurryWe ain’t in a flurryAnd we ain’t got a very heavy loadsoHorsey horsey on your wayWe’ve got a journey of many a dayYour tail go swish and your wheels go round,Giddy up, we're homeward bound.

[Verse 2]

Going home, when they get half wayThey call a halt at the "Load of Hay"He has just one, then he has one moreAnd you'll hear him singing after three or four.

[Chorus]

Horsey, horsey don't you stopJust 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 wayWe’ve got a journey of many a dayYour tail go swish and your wheels go round,Giddy up, we're homeward bound."We ain’t in a hustleWe ain’t in a bustleDon’t go tearing up the roadWe ain’t in a hurryWe ain’t in a flurryAnd we ain’t got a very heavy loadsoHorsey horsey on your wayWe’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 knowsYou don't need the reins so I'll take a little dozeHorsey horsey on your wayWe’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.