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Thread #52618   Message #1976946
Posted By: clueless don
23-Feb-07 - 09:08 AM
Thread Name: Jingles you remember.
Subject: RE: Jingles you remember.
Back in the 1950's, there was an ad campaign for a product called "Sunny Boy". I think it was some sort of sweet drink. The jingle started out

Sunny Boy, Sunny Boy
two for a nickel
Sunny Boy

and later in the jingle there was a part that went

giddy-up, giddy-up, giddy-up
buuuuuuuuuuy....Bordens today!

I assume that "Sunny Boy" (or maybe it was "Sonny Boy" - can't remember at this point) was a Bordens product.

Anyway, it wasn't until decades later that I discovered that this jingle was based on an old song called "Pony Boy" (or possibly "Tony Boy".) My father-in-law would sing it to my baby daughter as he bounced her on his foot (as he sat with legs crossed, the baby on the foot of the leg on top), holding her hands. His version went

Pony Boy, Pony Boy
won't you be my Pony Boy?
Marry me, carry me, straight across the sea.
Don't say no, here we go,
giddy-up, giddy-up, giddy-up, giddy-up, WHOA! (whoops!)
My Pony Boy.

On the "WHOA", he would lean my daughter backwards, much to her delight.

Google turns up slightly different lyrics to the song, but I'll stick to this version!

Don