53:
Some authors have said that the song originated from the performance of the horse Lady
Suffolk, the first horse recorded as trotting a mile in less than two and a half minutes. It occurred on 4 July 1843 at the Beacon Course racetrack in
62:, although the composer is usually listed as unknown. The archival evidence, however, is that the song originated a few decades later in the nineteenth century as a campaign ditty, composed as an epithet of seven-term Baltimore mayor
217:
is a force-distributing mechanism in the traces of a draft animal. As an energetic younger horse, the mare still had the spirit to kick even though she was harnessed up to pull a plow or similar.)
234:
has also been used in
American songs such as "Ain't I Glad I Got out the Wilderness" and "Ain't You Glad You Joined the Republicans", and in turn is related to the melody of the
230:". The melodic system of the two songs is also similar, with the middle of the three repetitions of the phrase being sung to a similar melody, but down a scale degree. The
133:
255:
282:
Children's Games with Things: marbles, fivestones, throwing and catching, gambling, hopscotch, chucking and pitching, ball-bouncing, skipping, tops and tipcat
132:", 4th graders including Bart sing a parody of the song, which the 5th graders declare as a dishonor to the original. Also, in a 2017 episode, the title "
537:
344:
485:
577:
524:, index numbers: S186160, S186161, S186162, S186163, S186166, S217076, S217262, S247233, S247235, S247236, S247237, S247250, S247251, S300460
572:
357:
390:
316:
289:
582:
67:
128:", where an old man sings the first verse of the song with his pants down and becomes a hit on television. In the 2011 episode "
115:'s visiting team of retired baseball players gets off their tour bus, the home team crowd taunts them by singing the song.
542:
227:
567:
552:
562:
557:
129:
547:
261:
248:
95:
82:
71:
125:
517:
34:
361:
433:
144:
55:
42:
386:
382:
376:
312:
285:
235:
78:
63:
455:
308:
481:"Stereotype Forms in English-Canadian Children's Songs: Historical and Pedagogical Aspects"
108:
86:
407:
226:
The repetitive pattern of the song is common to many traditional folk songs, including "
59:
531:
112:
343:(Petersburg, Virginia, newspaper) page 8, upon Lady Suffolk being inducted into the
425:
120:
17:
328:"The Horse in 19th Century American Sport: The Golden Age of the Trotting Horse"
214:
90:
480:
140:
521:
327:
38:
58:, when she was more than ten years old. One author attributed the song to
231:
502:
210:(Note that "mule" is sometimes substituted for "mare".)
186:
Kicked on the whiffletree, kicked on the whiffletree,
159:
Ain't what she used to be, ain't what she used to be,
284:
Oxford
University Press, Oxford, England, page 147,
202:The old gray mare, she kicked on the whiffletree,
189:The old gray mare, she kicked on the whiffletree,
183:The old gray mare, she kicked on the whiffletree,
175:The old gray mare, she ain't what she used to be,
162:The old gray mare, she ain't what she used to be,
156:The old gray mare, she ain't what she used to be,
134:The Old Blue Mayor She Ain't What She Used to Be
381:. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p.
339:Reed, Jerry (22 July 1967) "A look At My Mail"
307:Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, New York,
364:on February 16, 2013 – via www.time.com.
299:
297:
256:Great Green Gobs of Greasy, Grimy Gopher Guts
8:
280:Opie, Iona Archibald and Opie, Peter (1997)
136:", is a play on words of the song's title.
118:The song was featured in a 1993 episode of
93:included the song in a medley on his album
197:Many long years ago, many long years ago,
170:Many long years ago, many long years ago,
273:
486:Canadian Journal for Traditional Music
378:Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954
305:They're off!: horse racing at Saratoga
7:
456:"Was there really an Old Gray mare?"
70:political operative and appointee
25:
522:Vaughan Williams Memorial Library
330:International Museum of the Horse
139:It is also used as the secondary
77:Popular early recordings were by
520:, Roud number 751, available at
360:. 20 March 1939. Archived from
358:"The Press: Fireless Firebrand"
406:Ford, John (October 4, 1962).
41:, more recently regarded as a
1:
503:http://traditionalmusic.co.uk
228:London Bridge is Falling Down
538:Traditional children's songs
436:athletics. October 31, 2005
345:Hall of Fame of the Trotter
599:
578:American children's songs
573:English children's songs
303:Hotaling, Edward (1995)
262:List of fictional horses
238:"Go in the Wilderness".
583:American nursery rhymes
375:Whitburn, Joel (1986).
130:Moms I'd Like to Forget
96:On the Sentimental Side
72:Thomas Francis McNulty
126:Krusty Gets Kancelled
107:For the 1962 TV play
543:Year of song unknown
518:Roud Folk Song Index
499:Go in the Wilderness
249:We Don't Give a Damn
205:Many long years ago.
192:Many long years ago.
178:Many long years ago.
165:Many long years ago.
37:751) is an American
568:American folk songs
553:Songs about old age
434:Murray State Racers
347:in Goshen, New York
145:Murray State Racers
56:Hoboken, New Jersey
31:"The Old Gray Mare"
563:English folk songs
558:Songs about horses
341:The Progress-Index
79:Prince's Orchestra
408:"Flashing Spikes"
64:Ferdinand Latrobe
18:The Old Grey Mare
16:(Redirected from
590:
548:Fictional horses
505:
496:
490:
477:
471:
470:
468:
466:
460:OldGrayMares.com
452:
446:
445:
443:
441:
422:
416:
415:
403:
397:
396:
372:
366:
365:
354:
348:
337:
331:
325:
319:
301:
292:
278:
147:athletic teams.
21:
598:
597:
593:
592:
591:
589:
588:
587:
528:
527:
514:
509:
508:
497:
493:
478:
474:
464:
462:
454:
453:
449:
439:
437:
424:
423:
419:
405:
404:
400:
393:
374:
373:
369:
356:
355:
351:
338:
334:
326:
322:
302:
295:
279:
275:
270:
244:
224:
153:
109:Flashing Spikes
105:
103:Popular culture
51:
43:children's song
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
596:
594:
586:
585:
580:
575:
570:
565:
560:
555:
550:
545:
540:
530:
529:
526:
525:
513:
510:
507:
506:
491:
472:
447:
417:
412:Alcoa Premiere
398:
391:
367:
349:
332:
320:
293:
272:
271:
269:
266:
265:
264:
259:
252:
243:
240:
223:
220:
219:
218:
211:
207:
206:
203:
199:
198:
194:
193:
190:
187:
184:
180:
179:
176:
172:
171:
167:
166:
163:
160:
157:
152:
149:
104:
101:
83:Arthur Collins
81:(1917) and by
60:Stephen Foster
50:
47:
26:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
595:
584:
581:
579:
576:
574:
571:
569:
566:
564:
561:
559:
556:
554:
551:
549:
546:
544:
541:
539:
536:
535:
533:
523:
519:
516:
515:
511:
504:
500:
495:
492:
488:
487:
482:
476:
473:
461:
457:
451:
448:
435:
431:
427:
421:
418:
413:
409:
402:
399:
394:
392:0-89820-083-0
388:
384:
380:
379:
371:
368:
363:
359:
353:
350:
346:
342:
336:
333:
329:
324:
321:
318:
317:0-8156-0350-9
314:
310:
306:
300:
298:
294:
291:
290:0-19-215963-1
287:
283:
277:
274:
267:
263:
260:
257:
253:
250:
246:
245:
241:
239:
237:
233:
229:
221:
216:
212:
209:
208:
204:
201:
200:
196:
195:
191:
188:
185:
182:
181:
177:
174:
173:
169:
168:
164:
161:
158:
155:
154:
150:
148:
146:
142:
137:
135:
131:
127:
123:
122:
116:
114:
113:Jimmy Stewart
110:
102:
100:
98:
97:
92:
88:
84:
80:
75:
73:
69:
65:
61:
57:
48:
46:
44:
40:
36:
32:
19:
498:
494:
484:
475:
463:. Retrieved
459:
450:
438:. Retrieved
430:GoRacers.com
429:
426:"Traditions"
420:
411:
401:
377:
370:
362:the original
352:
340:
335:
323:
304:
281:
276:
225:
138:
121:The Simpsons
119:
117:
106:
94:
87:Byron Harlan
76:
52:
30:
29:
465:October 17,
440:December 4,
215:whiffletree
91:Bing Crosby
532:Categories
512:References
501:lyrics on
479:Jay Rahn,
141:fight song
68:Democratic
236:spiritual
39:folk song
27:Folk song
242:See also
143:for the
124:titled "
99:(1962).
89:(1918).
309:page 25
222:Pattern
111:, when
49:History
489:(1981)
414:. ABC.
389:
315:
288:
232:melody
151:Lyrics
268:Notes
467:2016
442:2023
387:ISBN
313:ISBN
286:ISBN
85:and
35:Roud
383:561
213:(A
66:by
534::
483:,
458:.
432:.
428:.
410:.
385:.
311:,
296:^
74:.
45:.
469:.
444:.
395:.
258:"
254:"
251:"
247:"
33:(
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.