I don't like horses being used in such ways, LH, and, thus, am pleased that the horses-and-carts tradition in England has largely died out

And with it goes so much of the traditional & folkloric life, the ecology of the countryside, and the continuance of culture & craftsmanship, which defined the whole nature of the England we know & love today. "During a single 10-year period (1984-1993), more than one-third of all hedgerows in the United Kingdom were lost -- a whopping 121,875 miles of destruction..." And of course now they've banned hunting the rest of it will no doubt go down the pan too...

Oh - that Poor Old Horse Song (Owld Grye) is up on the new Venereum Arvum myspace page - see Here - which was collected at the Appleby Horse Fair. Do stop by and have a listen...

Meanwhile, I'm off the start a new thread about horse songs in the English-speaking tradition...

Saddle your horses; your saddles prepare; we'll away to some cover to seek for a hare!