THREE KIDS ON A HORSE

Dave de Hugard

Well, did you see them pass today, Billy, Kate, and Robin?
All astride upon the back of old grey Dobbin,
Jig and Jog and off to school, down the dusty track
Oh what must Dobbin think of it, with three upon his back.

And Robin’s at the bridle rein, and in the middle, Kate
Little Billy hanging on behind, with his legs out straight.

And see them coming back from school, jig-jog-jig
And see them at the corner where the gums grow big,
And Dobbin flicking off the flies and blinking at the sun
He thinks three kids upon his back is real good fun.

And Robin’s at the bridle rein, and in the middle, Kate
Little Billy hanging on behind, with his legs out straight.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJIqjv0CQ8I   Dave de Hugard
(and I am presuming he wrote this song!)


Contributed by National Library of Australia:
Folklorist and performer Dave de Hugard grew up in rural Queensland on a tobacco farm. Both of his parents were musical, his father played the piano by ear and encouraged his son to learn by ear at an early age. His mother listened to a wide variety of popular music. De Hugard became involved in folk music while at university in Brisbane where he completed a pharmacy degree. In 1963 he was inspired by seeing American folk singer Pete Seeger in concert to approach music more seriously. He began performing traditional and contemporary songs and tunes on the concertina and button (bush) accordion, fiddle, piano accordion, banjo and guitar. De Hugard's interest in folk song lead him to the writings of Australian folklorist and performer Bill Scott and he became aware of Australian bush music and folk traditions. He built up a large repertoire of Australian old-time and bush dance tunes and yarns and released numerous recordings including Songs of the Wallaby Track and Magpie Morning and performed regularly at folk festivals and clubs in Australia. De Hugard's interest in Australian folk and bush music lead him to complete a degree in social anthropology at Macquarie University and work as a folklore collector and researcher. The Dave de Hugard Folklore Collection is housed at the National Library of Australia in the Oral History Collection.

WIKI (Discography) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_de_Hugard


Thanks to GerryM for alerting me to this little treasure of a song!



R-J