I Had a Little Pony (II)

DESCRIPTION: "I had a little (pony/mule), His name was Jack; I rid his tail To save his back." "The lightning roll, the thunder flash, And split my coat-tail clear to smash."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1925 (Scarborough)
KEYWORDS: animal
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Scarborough-OnTheTrailOfNegroFolkSongs, p. 184, (no title) (1 fragment, with only the first four lines); p. 185 (no title) (1 fragment, adding the "lightning roll" verse; I have a feeling those two floated together)
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #231, "I had a mule, His name was Jack" (1 text)
Roud #16341
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "I Had a Little Horse Whose Name Was Jack"
cf. "I Had a Little Pony (I)"
cf. "I Had a Little Pony, His Name Was Dapple Grey" (lyrics)
cf. "Jenny" (lyrics)
NOTES [71 words]: This might be a variant on any of several things -- the Brown piece "I Had a Little Horse Whose Name Was Jack," which obviously hs the same first lines; the English folk poem "I had a little pony, his name was Dapple Gray" (for which see Opie/Opie-OxfordDictionaryOfNurseryRhymes, #127, and Baring-Gould-AnnotatedMotherGoose #157, pp. 118-119 and notes there); perhaps others. But all such links are just possibilities. - RBW
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File: ScNF184B

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