What do you sing when you hack??

pferdeforever said:
Question - why do so many of you ride or hack out if you're scared? Why put yourselves through it?
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I love hacking my older horse, no fear at all... My youngster is more edgy, because he's young and inexperienced - I hack him alone even though I'm a bit nervous because I know when he gets more experienced and more settled, he will be as much fun to hack as my older boy - and then I won't be nervous at all :) It's also good for him to get out and see things, and there's a real sense of achievement when he's been good. The last half mile I was singing a random Five album track - I feel on top of the world (or something like that) with the biggest grin on my face :D
 
Well I don’t sing because I’m nervous, just because I can’t sit in silence for very long lol, I either talk my horses to death or sing to them.

Bit of Beyonce never goes a miss ‘to the left to the left’ when I want a lateral movement….basically so he’s keeping his backside on the correct side of the single track lane when something is coming! :D
 
My 'safety song' is 'Half a Pound of Tupenny Rice'. I sing it when schooling to keep a good rhythm or hacking to evade scary monsters and often to keep me breathing.
 
saddlebags said:
You have a beautiful voice Trish C, what talent!

Personally I sing rugby songs toally off key and at the top of my lungs :rolleyes:
We have a lot of Bears and I'm a bit paranoid! :eek:
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Hats off to you! That really is brave:eek:
Sorry,Teddy Bears' Picnic came to mind, it is a jolly tune but you wouldn't want them to take it as an invitation;)
 
When retraining the Mighty Hullabaloo I used to sing "what's that coming over the hill.. is it a monster? is it a monster?"
Invariably it was a monster :eek:
*cue sound of galloping hooves on road, worried neighing, singing getting louder, volume on full for word monster* :D
 
Chavhorse said:
Bob the Builder!

But with Word changes i.e.

It's a Tractor, It's a Tractor (insert scary object of choice in this bit

Will it kill us

NO IT WON'T

No it won't should be accompanied by lots of leg:-)))
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I'm so glad i'm not the only one who sings bob the builder - normally bob the builder will it kill us, bob the builder no it won't on repeat most of the way around. Since I was told it I can't not sing it!
 
Something traditional usually like "she moved thro' the fair," "roads of Kildare" or something by Celtic Legend, not because I am nervous, I just like singing! When I'm plaiting it is usually something a bit more rock like WASP, and when I'm jumping it's Viking Skull, but that is to calm me down!
 
This weekend there was a Spitfire flypast not far from the yard so I sang songs from Black and White war films round my hack in anticipation of seeing it. I included The Dambusters, 633 Squardron and The Battle of Britain, sadly we didn't get a great view of it.....
 
I always try and mutter songs quietly after I got caught by a walker singing (to my own tune) "Youurrr'eee soooo loveerrrlllllyyyy" while stroking my horses neck.

Time for a quick getaway!

Better than the time a cyclist caught me yelling "you f-ing s***" at our other horse.
 
Last night was
It's raining it pooring
It's raining men (fitting as I was riding a mare)
Sunshine after the rain
Finaly 1 little speckled frog sitting on wooden log ......

Can you tell what the weather was like?
 
i sing twinkle twinkle little star to my horse when she's nervous
and then i sing to myself whatever i've just heard on the radio or sometimes when nobody is around i play music from my iphone haha!

dog walkers caught me singing adele-someone like you a few weeks ago, which was a bit embarrassing. :o
 
When the saints go marching in and Do you know the way to San'hose - Have no Idea why and certainly don't know the words :o
 
erm, normally various Glee songs
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and my hacking is very popular with dog walkers and cyclists, none of which ever seem to to make any noise to let me know they're there first
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Various things! :D One of the horses I ride is a complete baby (ex racer) and a bit of a tit to be honest!

We tend to have something from my mates band (common rotation), various opera or musicals (phantom, miss saigon, wicked), glee, or anything else that I can remember more than 1 line of!

If i'm trying to get a steady trot or canter it tends to be sentences to a 2 or 3 beat rhythm! Usually something along the lines of 'that's a good boy wacky-woo (or jakey-jake) just keep up that steady pace!'

Or swearing!
 
Guns N Roses = "Take me down to the paradise city where the GRASS is green and the MARES are pretty - Oh won't you please take me home" :rolleyes: used to sing this to my lil fella when out riding

And to my other boy - i sing Mr Bojangles

I wish i could sing nelly the elephant when jumping, but i really need something to wind me up, such as Motorhead = The Ace of Spades :D
 
Anything that's good for belting out (although I only do that if there's no one near by! ;) ) Elvis is probably my favourite, and I've also found that singing along to some of his songs help improve the rhythm whilst schooling! :D

I have to confess though... I'm a nightmare in the run up to Christmas, as I (probably very badly!) sing every single Christmas carol and song I know... full volume... whether there are people around or not... :eek:
 
Only when going over motorway bridges (which neither me or the horse likes very much) - London bridge is falling down.

Not a good song to sing in the circumstances!
 
ferdy said:
Only when going over motorway bridges (which neither me or the horse likes very much) - London bridge is falling down.

Not a good song to sing in the circumstances!
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LOL - i don't like motorway bridges either, but im too busy trotting over them as quickly as possible to be able to sing as well :D
 
I used to sing lots of songs on my 2 old mares- usually completely made up (I still that now, even at home :rolleyes:) and either complimentory or not depending on their behaviour.

I don't sing when riding Amber at the moment, but do when poopicking, filling waters etc- usually whats playing on my Ipod or a song stuck in my head.
 
On a mare called Ruby... can you guess.... 'Ruby' by the Kaiser Chiefs, proper belter song.

Wandering through a forest, cue RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY AHHHHH AHHH AHHH, accompanied by some air guitaring, bit of drumming... team of (quite hot) mountain bikers decided at that exact moment to come past....
 
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