Lyrics
(Folk song)
Oh the horse went around with his foot off the ground,
Oh the horse went around with his foot off the ground,
Oh the horse went around with his foot off the ground,
Oh the horse went around with his foot off the ground.
Refrain (spoken)
Same song, second verse,
A little bit faster and a little bit worse!
Oh the horse went around with his foot off the —-
Oh the horse went around with his foot off the —-
Oh the horse went around with his foot off the —-
Oh the horse went around with his foot off the —- Refrain
Oh the horse went around with his foot off — —-
Oh the horse went around with his foot off — —-
Oh the horse went around with his foot off — —-
Oh the horse went around with his foot off — —- Refrain
Oh the horse went around with his foot — — —-
Oh the horse went around with his foot — — —-
Oh the horse went around with his foot — — —-
Oh the horse went around with his foot — — —- Refrain
Continue singing each verse (faster) and omitting one more word each time until the whole song is performed silently.
See also
- Subjects: silly / horses
- Harmony: chords I & V
- Form: AB
- Meter: 2
- Rhythm:
/ 
- Scale: pentachord
- Tempo: fast & slow
- Timbre: voices
- Tones: m,f,s,drm
- Source: Wee Sing Silly Songs, Pamela Conn Beall and Susan Hagen Nipp, Price Stern Sloan, 1982
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2 thoughts on “The Horse Went Around”
Is this the same melody as Turkey in the Straw/Do your Ears Hang Low?
yes!