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  2. Mairzy Doats - Wikipedia

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    The song's title, for example, is a homophone of "Mares eat oats". The song was first played on radio station WOR , New York, by Al Trace and his Silly Symphonists. It made the pop charts several times, with a version by the Merry Macs reaching No. 1 in March 1944.

  3. Shortnin' Bread - Wikipedia

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    "Shortnin' Bread" (also spelled "Shortenin' Bread", "Short'nin' Bread", or "Sho'tnin' Bread") is an American folk song dating back at least to 1900, when James Whitcomb Riley published it as a poem. While there is speculation that Riley may have based his poem on an earlier African-American plantation song, [ 1 ] no definitive evidence of such ...

  4. Faster Horses (The Cowboy and the Poet) - Wikipedia

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    A young poet encounters a cowboy in a local bar and is struck by his thin, worn appearance from years of hard work. Sensing the cowboy has words of inspiration to share, the poet approaches the cowboy, who responds that the only good things in life are "faster horses, younger women, older whiskey and more money." He goes on to explain that "to ...

  5. It's Only Rock and Roll (Only Fools and Horses) - Wikipedia

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    And so, Rodney decides to enter Albert's bedroom and annoy him about taking an old woman from a laundromat to an old folks' beano. While that happens, Del quickly puts on his camel coat, while Albert exits his bedroom and tells him that Rodney is watching Top of the Pops on the portable TV. Just as Del is about to escape, a fuming Rodney exits ...

  6. If wishes were horses, beggars would ride - Wikipedia

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    The first recognizable ancestor of the rhyme was recorded in William Camden's (1551–1623) Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, printed in 1605, which contained the lines: "If wishes were thrushes beggars would eat birds". [4] The reference to horses was first in James Carmichael's Proverbs in Scots printed in 1628, which included ...

  7. Crazy Horses - Wikipedia

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    "Crazy Horses" is a song by the Osmonds, the title track from the album of the same name. It was released as the album's second single and reached number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100 [ 2 ] and number 2 on the UK Singles Chart . [ 3 ]

  8. All the King's Horses (Lynn Anderson song) - Wikipedia

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    "All the King's Horses" was recorded at the Columbia Studio, located in Nashville, Tennessee. The sessions was produced by Glenn Sutton, Anderson's longtime production collaborator at the label and her first husband. [2] "All the King's Horses" became a major hit when it reached number 20 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1976. [3]

  9. If (Bread song) - Wikipedia

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    "If" is a song written by American singer-songwriter David Gates in 1971. Originally popularized by his group Bread, "If" charted at No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 when released as a single in 1971 and No. 6 in Canada.