Pony Boy (song)

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Pony Boy was a popular song written in 1909 by Bobby Heath (lyrics) and Charley O'Donnell (music).

Along with songs like "Cheyenne", it became a cliché, as its tune was frequently used in Western movies and cartoons. It works especially well when played on a "Honky tonk" piano.

The verse explains that the central character of the song has many female admirers. The chorus:

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

The old expression "giddy up", exhorting a horse to gallop at high speed, is a corruption of "get ye up".

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