Hop, Chop My Little Horse??

Subject: Hop, Chop My Little Horse??
From: black walnut
Date: 29 Jan 04 - 02:20 PM

The only place I've seen this song is in the John F. Feierabend collection - The Book of Bounces.

Hop, chop, my little horse
Hop, chop again
How many miles to Dublin?
Three score and ten.
Whill I be there by candlelight/
Yes sir, and back again.
So hop, chop my little horse.
Hop, chop again.

Now, I happen to know almost nothing about horses. I fell off one when I was little - that's about the sum of my experience. So could anyone please explain to me what "chop" means in this song?

Thanks.

~b.w.

Subject: RE: Hop, Chop My Little Horse??
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 29 Jan 04 - 02:25 PM

Last I saw this it was "clop, clop" - as in hoofbeats

Subject: RE: Hop, Chop My Little Horse??
From: black walnut
Date: 29 Jan 04 - 03:53 PM

Gee, that sounds better.

~b.w.