My Pony Boy (Ada Jones, 1909)

1OO YEARS OLD 1909-2009: This great song, written by Bobbie Heath and Charlie O'Donnell, was introduced by Lillian Lorraine (Ziegfeld's mistress) in the 1909 Anna Held (Ziegfeld's wife) musical "Miss Innocence", playing at the New York Theatre. Here, the hit recording from the same year, with Ada Jones and the Peerless Quartet on Victor 16356, 10-inch 78rpm shellac .

Way out west, in a nest from the rest, dwelt the bestest little Bronco Boy
He could ride, he could glide o'er the prairies like an arrow.
Every maid in the glade was afraid he would trade his little heart away,
So each little peach made a nice little speech of love to him;

Pony Boy, Pony Boy, won't you be my Tony Boy?
Don't say no. Here we go off across the plains.
Marry me, carry me right away with you.
Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up, whoa! My Pony Boy.

Till one day, out that way, so they say, came to stay a fluffy ruffle girl.
She made eyes, she surprised, and he found his heart was lassoed.
When he thought he was caught, how he fought, but she taught this pony boy to love.
But he balked when she talked of a trip to New York, so she sang to him...

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Ziegfeld
• Ada Jones
• Lililan Lorraine
• Miss Innocence
• 1909

[vanderpuch1]

I remember that it was heard on the new TV sets when Adlai Stevenson was nominated at the Democratic Convention. It was a campaign song for him.

[camaysar222]

@vanderpuch1 Very interesting. My parents were Stevenson fans, so that was probably the very recording that led me to seek this one out.

[loriksolak]

I can 't believe I found this!!! My mom gave my brother Wes this song in the early 60's when we were just toddlers. She gave each of her seven children their own song - and sang them to us often -sometimes with all of us piled on and around her on ONE rocking chair! Oh, how we'd laugh and say "rock faster, mom" until we all fell in a heap! LOL Thank you for posting this!!! THANK YOU!

[camaysar222]

@loriksolak Glad you found it! There's something about this song... it remains in the memory from childhood (mine too) and seems to evoke that time in a special way.

[GTASA1969]

I heard this on Heartland tv show.

[Tahlz4life]

@XoCasieeXo highly doubt that.

[GhostLightning195]

The original bronies

[Bronyforever]

Uhhh...thats not wierd. /:? (

[XoCasieeXo]

my mom sang this to me i sang it to mine i now sing it to my grandson...memories

[marieclairecamp]

My mother in law just sang this song to our 16 month old twin boys yesterday, and they loved it. So glad someone uploaded this song so we could play it for them.

[xXxXxXxchancexXxXxXx]

This song was in an episode of heart land with amber marshal and I was dining it so much but I didn't know the lyrics after marry me carry me and that's all I sang lol but thank you soo much for having this posted I've been looking like almost all day :)-3