Horsey, horsey is a comedy song written in 1937 by Paddy Roberts, Elton Box, Desmond Cox and Ralph Butler and which was made popular by 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.

Travelling home while the lights are low,

He sings this song and 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 goes 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 goes 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 goes 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 goes 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 goes 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

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.