Manhattan Dance Makers - Horses (1926)

Manhattan Dance Makers (California Ramblers led by Rollini?)

"Horses"

Harmony 155-H

Vocal by Irving Kaufman

Richard A. Whiting & Byron Gay song

Recorded on March 17, 1926.

Music by Byron Gay

Lyrics by Richard A. Whiting

Crazy over horses, horses, horses.
Nutty over horses, horses, horses.
Goofy over horses, horses, horses. She's a little wild.

Daffy over horses, horses, horses.
Silly over horses, horses, horses.
Once I heard her call me "Spark Plug"--"Brown Eyes," too.
Guess she thinks I'm a horse's "Barney Google."

At the altar, altar, altar, maybe she will falter, falter, falter.
Then I'll get a halter, halter, halter just to make her mine.

A woman's "no" means "yes," I guess.
A horse's neigh is a horse's "yes."

Oh, it's horses, horses, just a lot
of horses, horses, horses all the time.

And ev'ry time she drinks, by heck,
She always drinks a horse's neck.
Oh, it's horses, horses, just a lot o' horses,
Horses, horses all the time.

The comic song "Horses" makes demands on the vocalist due to the rapid patter.

The song is about a man who takes his girlfriend to the races and is amazed by her obsession with horses.

"Spark Plug" is the name of the horse in the American comic strip Barney Google.

The man hopes that his girl will falter in her love for horses. He plans to get a halter (a device used to lead or tie up horses) to help her decide to marry him.

The bride's veil will look like a horse's tail.