Stewball
2,014 views · Published 31 January 2009 · 3:21 · Indexed 8 October 2026
Channel: John Bennett · 2009 · Music
I was just sitting here having a celebratory cocktail instead of drowning sorrows for a change. I suddenly said to myself that I have to "pee like a race horse". So as I was relieving myself, I giggled at that old saying. I got to thinking (yes I do that occasionally, sometimes even before I speak) where that saying came from. I remembered it was in Mrs. Haug's second grade music class. A friend of mine (Bob - we'll keep his last name private to protect him) and I were singing this song in the back row. He is the first person I heard say that. So we started singing it that way instead of the "proper" way. Mrs Haug never heard what we said, but we did get reprimanded for goofing around. I think with this song being sang in the second grade, I wonder if it is still being taught. Does this song make gambling and drinking OK? Recently I was looking for the lyrics for another song we sang in that same class - Pick a Bale of Cotton. I was flabbergasted at the lyrics and meaning of that song. Wow - amazing on what has changed over the past several years. Much of it for the better....
