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Hop, Chop My Little Horse??

29 Jan 04 - 02:20 PM (#1104492)
Subject: Hop, Chop My Little Horse??
From: black walnut

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.


29 Jan 04 - 02:25 PM (#1104495)
Subject: RE: Hop, Chop My Little Horse??
From: GUEST,MMario

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


29 Jan 04 - 03:53 PM (#1104559)
Subject: RE: Hop, Chop My Little Horse??
From: black walnut

Gee, that sounds better.

~b.w.