a 1927 popular song
words by Monty Siegel
music by Billy Stone
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Mary had a little lamb they say
But her father said,
“I’d rather you would own a camel”
So, she went and sold that lamb next day
Mary cried about her loss
Until she bought a “hoss”, Whoa!
Chorus
You should see the way she walks
Since she learned to ride a horse
One foot lags the other balks
Since she learned to ride a horse
She took up bareback riding
Thought she would get thin
Oh! what an awful shape she’s in
Since she learned to ride a horse
Chorus
Just imagine how she feels
Since she learned to ride a horse
Stands up when she eats her meals
Since she learned to ride a horse
The horses are complaining
Say they’re out of luck, Whoa!
They would rather pull a truck
Since she learned to ride a horse
Chorus
Lost her figure trim and neat
Since she learned to ride a horse
You should see her rumble seat
Since she learned to ride a horse
You hear the children singing
All around the town, Oh!
“Her London Breeches falling down!”
Since she learned to ride a horse
Chorus
Crowds fill up the subway trains
Since she learned to ride a horse
There’s a rush for aeroplanes
Since she learned to ride a horse
In her sleep she hollers
Giddyap and Whoa, Ho!
All the horse-flies love her so
Since she learned to ride a horse
Chorus
She was knock-kneed once I vow
Since she learned to ride a horse
But she’s bandy-legged now
Since she learned to ride a horse
Every day she tumbles
Sems she never fails, Oh!
Thinks she is the Prince of Wales
Since she learned to ride a horse
Chorus
Boy, she gets her husband’s goat
Since she learned to ride a horse
All he gets to eat is oats
Since she learned to ride a horse
He wants a separation
The judge said, “On what ground”, Well!
She keeps horsing me around
Since she learned to ride a horse
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: