Nothing comes from nowhere.
Charlie planted the seed.
Charley Patton Pony Blues c.1930
Baby, saddle my pony, saddle up my black mare
Baby, saddle my pony, saddle up my black mare
I'm gonna find a rider, baby, in the world somewhere
"Hello central, the matter with your line?"
"Hello central, matter, Lord, with your line?"
"Come a storm last night an' tore the wire down"
Got a brand new Shetland, man, already trained
Brand new Shetland, baby, already trained
Just get in the saddle, tighten up on your reins
And a brownskin woman like somethin' fit to eat
Brownskin woman like somethin' fit to eat
But a jet black woman, don't put your hands on me
Took my baby, to meet the mornin' train
Took baby, meet that mornin' train
An' the blues come down, baby, like showers of rain
I got somethin' to tell you when I gets a chance
Somethin' to tell you when I get a chance
I don't wanna marry, just wanna be your man
Then he fertilized it.
Charlie Patton Stone Pony Blues c 1934
Lyrics :
I got me a stone pony and I don't ride Shetlands no more ,
I got me a stone pony and I don't ride Shetlands no more ,
You can find my stone pony hooked to my rider's door .
Vicksburg's my pony, Rayville's my grey mare.
Vicksburg's my pony, Rayville's my grey mare.
You can find my stone pony down in Louisiana town somewhere
And I got me stone pony, don't ride Shetlands no more.
Got a little stone pony, don't ride Shetlands no more.
And I can't feel welcome, rider where I go .
Vicksburg on a high hill and Natchez just below.
Vicksburg on a high hill and Natchez just below.
And I don't feel welcome, rider no where I go .
Well, I didn't come here, steal nobody's brown.
Didn't come here to steal nobody's brown.
I just stopped by here, well to keep you from stealin' mine.
Hello central, s'matter with your line.
Hello central, s'matter now with your line.
Come a storm last night and tore the wire down.
While those two songs laid the ground work for Pony songs, it was Cruddup Dylan seized on to shape his version.Cruddup's perhaps better known for penning That's Alright Mama and My Baby Left Me.
Arthur "Big Boy" Cruddup Black Pony Blues c.1941
I got a coal‑black mare :
but Lord how that horse can run
Yes she win every race :
man you don't see how it's done
I give her three gold teeth :
I put earings in her ears
There ain't no use a‑worrying :
I do swear the stuff is here
I cut her mane :
I put streamline shoes on her feet
Ain't a horse in the country :
I do swear my horse can't beat
Say she foxtrot and pace :
and I rode that horse today
Yeah when morning comes :
she had never broke her gait
She going to the race track at midnight :
and I rode her all night long
Yeah when morning come :
she had never changed her weight
She's a coal‑black mare :
she's got long black curly mane
Well I'll follow that horse :
man in any land
Bob Dylan New Pony
I had a pony, her name was Lucifer
I had a pony, her name was Lucifer
She broke a leg and needed shooting
I swear it hurt me more than it could ever have hurted her.
Sometimes I wonder what's going on with Miss X
Sometimes I wonder what's going on with Miss X
You know she got such a sweet disposition
I never know what the poor girl's gonna do to me next.
I got a new pony, she knows how to fox-trot, lope and pace
Well, I got a new pony, she knows how to fox-trot lope and pace
She got great big hind legs
And long black shaggy hair hanging in her face.
Everybody say you're using voodoo, your feet walk by themselves
Well, everybody say you're using voodoo, I seen your feet walk by themselves
Oh baby, that god you been praying to
Is gonna give ya back what you're wishing on someone else.
Come over here pony, I wanna climb up one time on you
Well, come over here pony, I wanna climb up one time on you
Well, you're so nasty and you're so bad
But I swear I love you, yes I do
Dead Weather(w/ Jack White) New Pony
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