Thanks, Jim, for posting an original version of the poem. It's nice to know that more of C. Fox Smith's poetry books are becoming available on-line via Google.
Of course the original poem, as I mentioned above is also available on my website linked above, and some 625 of Smith's poems, fully referenced, are available for review at her page on the Oldpoetry website: Click here for website
The "g" in "Gee hup" I believe is pronounced like "giddeyup" rather than the "g" in "gee whiz." At least that's the way we used to instruct our working horses on the farm when we wanted them to move forward. They refused to move forward when someone shouted "Go!" because it sounded too much like "Whoa!"