Old Black Horse, The

DESCRIPTION: "I was walking one day Along a crowded way, A-strollin' with the girl of my heart," whose father owned a donkey cart. He sees the old, tired, one-eyes black horse. He drives the carriage when the singer marries the girl. The horse throws him. It dies
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1927 (Finger-FrontierBallads)
KEYWORDS: love courting horse death humorous
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Finger-FrontierBallads, pp. 60-62, "The Old Black Horse" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #8829
File: Fing060

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