"Nervous" songs

[Greylegs]

My friend has a horse which can, at times, make her a bit nervous - especially out hacking. To overcome this, she admits that she calms her nerves by singing - in her case, endless verses of "Old MacDonald had a farm - ee I ee I o". This is especially useful at trot, apparently . I have to admit to having tried it myself (not that my mare makes me nervous, but hey ...) but had to stop when I ran out of conventional animals and couldn't think what noise a spider makes ..... .

Anyone else want to admit to having a little ditty they sing to themselves in times equestrian of stress?

 

[mini_b]

Twinkle twinkle little star! sang veeeery veeery slowly

 

[Ratface]

The Grand Old Duke of York. On repeat and s l o w l y, v e r y s l o w l y.

 

[nagblagger]

I think there was a previous thread about these songs..which was very amusing.

 

[Gallop_Away]

The wheels on the bus go round and round.

Or anything by Enya ..... very soothing

 

[Widgeon]

Doh Ray Mi. Really good marching out speed. Gets old very quick though!!

 

[ycbm]

 

[mini_b]

well - that was like a fever dream ?
Do you tell the story at the beginning as well?!

 

[Hackback]

Nellie the Elephant for walking, or the Teddy Bears Picnic. I love I'm a Rhinestone Cowboy for easy canters. It doesn't necessarily fit with the rhythm of the hoofbeats but it feels good sung at top whack. Best performed when hacking alone.

 

[LadyGascoyne]

I sing to calm myself down, even if the horse is fine ?

I did a clinic with a well-know classical dressage trainer and she uses mics and ear pieces to talk you through things. Poor lady had to remind me that she could hear me just as well as I could hear her!

 

[EllenJay]

That took me back to my childhood!

Whenever I get nervous the only song I can think of is Humpty Dumpty

 

[CMcC]

Onward Christian Soldiers.

 

[SEL]

10 green bottles. Have been known to start at 100 ?

 

[Meowy Catkin]

 

[Carrottom]

I have lots, depending on mood. Hymns are All Things Bright and Beautiful and Morning has Broken. Pop songs rang from Carpenters Top of the World and various Simon and Garfunkel. In emergencies its 3 blind mice. If I need to distract myself I try There's a hole in my bucket Dear Liza.

 

[dorsetladette]

Lots of nursery rhymes, but never humpty dumpty! I don't want to sing about having a great fall when I'm nervous on a horse.

 

[JCW]

The power of love by Frankie goes to Hollywood and extreme emergency song is twinkle twinkle little star. also Been known to sing Rhinestone Cowboy, badly.

 

[Cob Life]

Brittany Spears - Circus
Anything Taylor Swift
Panic! At the disco

They get a right concert when I ride (not a good one though!)

 

[fidleyspromise]

I seem to start with Disney
I just cant wait to be king
We are one
Part of your world
A whole new world
Hakuna matata

Cher: turn back time
The mavericks
Charlene: I've never been to me
Anything else that pops into my head.


My friend used to sing kumbaya which was fine until she came around a corner singing loudly and there's people out for a relaxing walk looking stunned ?

I make songs up with random words.
My friend had her daughter repeat "I love my pony and my pony loves me".

 

[Flowerofthefen]

Don't let Karl Greenwood here of people singing because they are nervous !!

My go to song, thankfully rarely needed these days, is 10 green bottles. It's so hard to count down from 10 , you really need to concentrate which is great!!

 

[Marnie]

Labelled with love by Squeeze for some reason!

 

[southerncomfort]

Don't let Karl Greenwood here of people singing because they are nervous !!

My go to song, thankfully rarely needed these days, is 10 green bottles. It's so hard to count down from 10 , you really need to concentrate which is great!!

I was just thinking about Karl's video too!

For anyone wondering Karl's view is that if you're singing and concentrating on combating your own nerves then you aren't really 'there' for your horse, and if the horse feels abandoned by the rider it's much more likely to feel worried/make bad decisions.

 

[tda]

The only one I can ever think of is You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are grey, you'll never know dear, how much I love you, please don't take my sunshine away! On repeat, because I don't know any more of it ?

 

[J&S]

I need a little help from my friends!!

 

[EnduroRider]

Queen - We are the champions

 

[Pippity]

Sea shanties for me! The proper ones started life as work songs, so have a very definite rhythm to them which comes in handy. Current faves are Blow the Man Down, Nelson's Blood and, inevitably, Wellerman. It helps that they tend towards a YOLO spirit, which gives me a kick up the pants.

Added benefit: I can use them to threaten Blue if she's being a knob. "A damn good flogging wouldn't do you any harm..."

 

[Wizpop]

For some reason “ Raindrops keep falling on my head!” Don’t even particularly like the song- it just pops up!!!

 

[hollyandivy123]

relax by Frankie goes to Hollywood which makes me giggle......

 

[Annagain]

Reach for the stars by S Club 7.

Now that Wiggy and I are jumping, I sing the opening line from Angels by Robbie Williams to myself on approach to the fence because that's what I need to do ....."I sit and wait, does a Wiggy contemplate my fate."

 

[Carrottom]

We had a horse known as Robbie, because he entertained us. I used to sing "let me entertain you" when I was riding him.