Ridecamp: Re: [RC] junior riders and riding songs

On Tue, 24 Sep 2002 05:42:05 -0700, "Kris Hazelbaker"
<shajarah@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>My daughter, who is 8, has spent a lot of time with her Grandpa, who is a
>BIG John Wayne fan.  He was recently laid up after minor surgery, and was
>watching John Wayne movies, including The Fighting Kentuckian.  A couple of
>nights later, she was riding up and down the driveway, practicing her
>transitions, singing a song from that movie at the top of her lungs.  Now, I
>didn't catch all the words (we do have a long driveway), but what I heard
>sure sounded like a good endurance riding song - starts out with "Just 800
>miles more to go".  Each loop of the driveway was worth 100 miles. ;>))

(In the movie the song is sung by a regiment returning to Kentucky
from the Battle of New Orleans)

"Oh we thought we were gonna go by boat,
So we went to New Orleans to have a talk.
But the man who owns the water
Said he didn't think we oughter
So it looks like a long, long walk!"

Yep, that's another one you can make up words to and adapt to the
ride.  For example,

"Oh, we left that last vet check feelin' fine,
So I think we're gonna trot on down the line;
This ol' horse keeps gettin' stronger
So we'll ride a little longer
And we'll get to the finish line in time!

Only twenty-two miles more to go,
Only twenty-two miles more to go,
O'er the mountains above,
Through the vallies below,
Only twenty-two miles more to go!"

(getting shorter as the day goes on ...)

-- 

Joe Long
jlong@xxxxxxxx
http://www.rnbw.com


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