Ah, now it's beginning to make sense:

The Old Gray Horse Came Tearing Through The Wilderness

The old gray horse came tearing through the wilderness
Tearing through the wilderness
Tearing through the wilderness
The old gray horse came tearing through the wilderness
Making for de road

Ho, Dinah, ho,
Ho, Dinah, ho, my gal,
Ho, Dinah, ho!
Oh, don't you hear him blow?

(for 2)
Ho, Dinah, ho,
Ho, Dinah, ho, my gal,
Ho, Dinah, ho!
His bridle do rattle so!

(for 3)
Ho, Dinah, ho,
Ho, Dinah, ho, my gal,
Ho, Dinah, ho!
Say, don't you want to go?


Source: Thomas W. Talley's Negro Folk Rhymes, 1922, 1949, 1991

Talley says the song has been labeled, variously, as a Negro spiritual. A play-party song, and a lullaby. It was popular with white fiddlers in the 1920's.

In other versions, "Down in Arkansas" or "Down in Alabam is used instead of "Making for de road."

JRO

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