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Thread #35014   Message #2567505
Posted By: GUEST,Jan Kuehlman
15-Feb-09 - 11:42 AM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: Horsey Keep Your Tail Up (Hirsch, Kaplan)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Horsey Keep Your Tail Up
I stumbled across this site looking for "Hog Dog Joe" polka -- no luck so far. My 89-year-old father sang "Horsey Keep Your Tail Up" at his grandchildren's weddings. Dad grew up on a farm in central Wisconsin, son of Polish immigrant parents. About age 10-12 he left to work in the fields in the Dakotas. Where he picked up the song, we'll never know. Often times when he would sing it, Pa would switch from English to Polish. None of his children know the words but the tune is the Norm Dombroski Orchestra version. Every time he would sing the, he would get to laughing so hard he could hardly finish the song. Of course, the grandchildren would request it more and more ...