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22 Nov 97 - 08:11 PM (#16526) Subject: Old Gray Mare - She Ain't What She Used to Be From: niversen@gti.net My father-in-law is looking for the complete lyrics to "The Old Gray Mare - She Ain't What She Used to Be..." for a family re-union. Does anyone know them... especially if there are other verses than the main one. Thanks for your help Nathanael |
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23 Nov 97 - 04:19 PM (#16551) Subject: Lyr Add: THE OLD GREY MARE From: rastrelnikov Hmmm. Only verses I can find are: THE OLD GREY MARE The old grey mare, she ain't what she used to be Ain't what she used to be, ain't what she used to be The old grey mare, she ain't what she used to be Many long years ago Many long years ago The old grey mare she ain't what she used to be Many long years ago The old grey mare, she kicked on the whiffletree Kicked on the whiffletree, kicked on the whiffletree The old grey mare she kicked on the whiffletree Many long years ago Many long years ago The old grey mare she kicked on the whiffletree Many long years ago When I was a kid, I always got this song mixed up with A HORSE NAMED BILL which has many more verses.
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23 Nov 97 - 07:08 PM (#16564) Subject: RE: Old Gray Mare - She Ain't What She Used to Be From: The Prairie Home Companion song book has a version. The one my dad taught me goes: The old grey mare she pfhtt [Bronx cheer] on the whiffletree, which, as a teamster, I would say is more accurate than kicking. Richard |
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24 Nov 97 - 11:53 AM (#16580) Subject: RE: Old Gray Mare - She Ain't What She Used to Be From: Jon W. I posted this verse in the "naughty kids greatest hits" threads back in September, but here goes again:
The old gray mare went floating down the Delaware |
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24 Nov 97 - 06:41 PM (#16614) Subject: RE: Old Gray Mare - She Ain't What She Used to Be From: Bill D from the same thread in Sept.-- Many years ago, there was a bill in Congress to allow the addition of horse meat to some human foods...the late Senator Everett Dirkson, he of the greatest gravelly voice in recorded history, got up on the floor of the Senate, and sang "The old grey mare, she ain't what she used to be "Out of the stable now, onto the table now.. "The old grey mare, she ain't what she used to be, "A Blue Plate Platter soon!" the bill was defeated.....
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16 Jan 01 - 06:47 PM (#375721) Subject: RE: Old Gray Mare - She Ain't What She Used to Be From: GUEST,angel@tricon.net Anyone know where I could find the written tune so we can make dulcimer tab |
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16 Jan 01 - 07:01 PM (#375740) Subject: RE: Old Gray Mare - She Ain't What She Used to Be From: Stewart See Carl Sandburg's "The American Songbag" Cheers, S. in Seattle |
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16 Jan 01 - 07:35 PM (#375771) Subject: RE: Old Gray Mare - She Ain't What She Used to Be From: Stewie Part of the song appears in the wonderful 'Horsie Keep Your Tail Up'. Joe Offer tidied up Sandy Paton's 'definitive' transcription from Lew Childre (Yazoo CD 2051)and posted it here: --Stewie. |
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16 Jan 01 - 08:20 PM (#375800) Subject: RE: Old Gray Mare - She Ain't What She Used to Be From: John Hindsill She ain't what she used to be...so who is? I ain't. |
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16 Jan 01 - 08:59 PM (#375830) Subject: RE: Old Gray Mare - She Ain't What She Used to Be From: Mrrzy I think she's off with, not Bill, but that mule ho, hold that mule I say, aint' got time to kiss you now, the mule has run away! |
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16 Jan 01 - 09:02 PM (#375836) Subject: RE: Old Gray Mare - She Ain't What She Used to Be From: Snuffy It doesn't appear to be in the DT. Serious omission! |
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17 Jan 01 - 02:36 AM (#375960) Subject: RE: Old Gray Mare - She Ain't What She Used to Be From: aussiebloke Learned this bawdy verse in the school yard as a small boy... The old gray mare said let's have anothery Down behind the shrubbery I'll supply the rubbery The big black bull said: You can go to buggery I ain't gonna do it no more! apologies to the delicate... aussiebloke
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15 Mar 11 - 03:01 AM (#3113953) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Old Grey Mare (She Ain't What She...) From: GUEST,RJM Sorry you couldn"t come up with the version I remember only parts: such as: She may be old and lean but she doesn't need gasoline She flicks her tail at the Ford and the Pontiac Looks better than the Cadillac ...........? and parts of another verse.. A car goes roaring past Going mighty fast A mile further on it runs out of gas And the Old Mare pulls it Home. ..........? |
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15 Mar 11 - 07:32 AM (#3114049) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Old Grey Mare (She Ain't What She...) From: GUEST,Bob Coltman The early country version had other verses, like Earl Johnson's (c. 1929?) The old grey mare went tearin' out the wilderness, Tearin' out the wilderness, tearin' out the wilderness, The old grey mare went tearin' out the wilderness, Many long years ago. OR as I think I remember Johnson sang the last line: Down in Rockingham. The song is a secularization of the brush arbor hymn "Ain't I glad I got out the wilderness," so at least this verse, and perhaps others adapted from that hymn may have crossed over to become part of the earlier versions of the song. Bob |
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03 May 12 - 05:49 PM (#3346597) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Old Grey Mare (She Ain't What She...) From: GUEST,Tig The old grey mare went sailin' down the Delaware pulled down her underwear to see what was under there... The old grey mare chit on a single tree, chit on a single tree, chit on a single tree The old grey mare chit on a single tree... |
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04 May 12 - 08:11 AM (#3346764) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Old Grey Mare (She Ain't What She...) From: GUEST,kendall And the sequel: The old grey mare is back where she used to be etc. Didn't this get posted some time ago? Too lazy to look. |
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13 Jul 16 - 04:15 PM (#3800124) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Old Grey Mare (She Ain't What She...) From: GUEST I have an old 78 record of The Old Grey Mare by Collins and Harlan |