TO make those lyrics work with the Melody Bruce sings it should go:

Pony Boy, Pony Boy
Won't you be my Pony Boy
Giddy-up Giddy-up Giddy Whoa
My Pony Boy

Marry Me, Marry me
Carry me far across the sea
Giddy up Giddy up Giddy Away
My Pony Boy

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That's one way I have heard it sung. But you have other options.

Yes, Bruce seems to just sing the Chorus with a more simplified verse melody. If you try and sing the old lyrics to his tune.. it takes a little reformatting or just some clever breathing and phrasing. it can be done but it helps to have an idea of the whole melody.

However, his tune is quite charming and it is worth your time to get the lyrics you know to sync up with that one if you like it a lot. If you listen to his version, he also provides some nice finger-picking options. If you listen very closely to the picking, it gives you a little bit of a clue as to how the longer part of the verse would go. If you translate the picking to the piano, it's even more clear. If you aren't that adventurous....just strum the tune as played by Bruce. Any little kid would love the song as is without any further elaboration.


If you want me to Bruce-ify the other, older lyrics, I could. They would go something like this:


Way out west, in a nest
from the rest, dwelt the best
the bestest little Broncho Boy!
My Pony Boy

He could ride, he could ride
o'er the prairie like an arrow glide
Giddy up Giddy up Giddy up High
My Pony Boy

Ev'ry maid in the glade
was afriad that he'd trade
his little pony heart away
my pony boy


you can do it that way or just practice saying the words in the right rhythm so that the real lyrics match. They really do if you just pace them right. I suppose it helps if you heard this sung before. Othewrwise you just have to bruce-ify it. (Rhymes with "Crucify it")

If you type the Chorus the way bruce sings it, it goes like this:

Chorus:
Pony Boy, Pony Boy,
won't you be my Pony Boy?
Don't say no, here we go
off across the plains;

Marry me, carry me
right away with you across the sea
Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up, Whoa!
My Pony Boy.


Does that help? If you want me to Bruce-ify the restr, let me know and I'll post it.


Laoise/Lisa
LisaMFeerick@aol.com