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Thread #113151   Message #2402359
Posted By: GUEST,leeneia
31-Jul-08 - 12:38 PM
Thread Name: Songs about Horses
Subject: RE: Folklore: Songs about Horses
Here's one I learned in grade school. It originated in an eastern European country, but I don't remember which one.

John, must you lend your fine horse for the fight?
Beautiful horse, black as the night.
John, if you listen and do as I say,
you will be gay, riding away.

Hide your fine horse,
- black as the night -
Deep in the fields
Far out of sight.

Then when the fighting is over one day,
You will be gay, riding away.

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The idea that ordinary people would have their horses taken away to be in battle came as a shock to us.