What's your nervous riding song?

[Keith_Beef]

No votes, yet, for "Baby Shark"?

 

[Yeomans]

Somewhere over the rainbow blue birds fly and All I want is a room somewhere.

 

[SashaBabe]

Does anyone remember, back in the early 1960s, the guy riding the horse to the song Waltzing Matilda? The tune fitted in perfectly with the horse's pace. Can't remember if it was an advert for something, or was used to fill in time between programmes.

 

[Cavalier]

Take it easy, The Eagles. Normally when the lad was getting uptight ……

That and Peaceful Easy Feeling for me as well as You are my sunshine

 

[Elno]

I sing the Pippi Longstockings song in Swedish when I get nervous ?

 

[Ceriann]

I sing whatever comes to my head and change the lyrics for my horse. Last time was kylie’s locomotion (!!) but it became Tedimotion - horse is Red and is therefore often Ted. She just twitches her ears hoping no one hears me! We’ve done Tedi Shark too . . . .

 

[cauda equina]

Anothe
I'm the one loudly singing The Grand Old Duke of York, or, in extremis, Onward, Christian Soldiers. The latter when the wretch is playing silly sideways jogging games!

I alter the words to Onward Christian Soldiers as I don't feel it's tactful to go on about them to an Arab, whose ancestors may have actually been into battle against Christian soldiers
Of course in the hymn they're metaphorical, but still...

 

[Griffin]

I alter the words to Onward Christian Soldiers as I don't feel it's tactful to go on about them to an Arab, whose ancestors may have actually been into battle against Christian soldiers
Of course in the hymn they're metaphorical, but still...

I love this and totally understand it! My mare is from Ireland and I think she is Catholic. Maybe I should sing Westlife or Boyzone songs to her.

 

[cauda equina]

I love this and totally understand it! My mare is from Ireland and I think she is Catholic. Maybe I should sing Westlife or Boyzone songs to her.

Bjork?

Oops sorry, misread that as Iceland!

Or maybe if she likes a bit of easy listening, Val Doonican?

 

[LeneHorse]

Well if we are singing songs appropriate for their breeding mine (Connie x) might like a bit of Van Morrison. I'll give 'brown eyed girl' a go this afternoon.

 

[Pearlsasinger]

Humpty Dumpty, not the ideal nursery rhyme but it seems to be the only one I think of when needed.

On my first solo hack on the Draft mare I found myself singing Humpty Dumpty. I did laugh when I realised how inappropriate that was!

 

[DirectorFury]

Nellie the Elephant, but I only know the first two lines so it's just them on repeat . I quite like the idea of Ride of the Valkyries though, I might give that a try when we're having a blast along the cliffs!

 

[daydreamer]

I'm another one who has been known to sing Nellie the Elephant when nervous but I always forget the words when really worried so just make them up. I find I can sing (I'm in a choir and had lessons for a few years so I'm not too bad) or ride but not really do the two together.

 

[ycbm]

I alter the words to Onward Christian Soldiers as I don't feel it's tactful to go on about them to an Arab, whose ancestors may have actually been into battle against Christian soldiers
Of course in the hymn they're metaphorical, but still...

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[skint1]

Haven't ridden in a long while now but used to be "There is a Tavern in the Town" and "Little Boxes" and, often I'd turn on a playlist for us both that included excellent covers of 10,000 Fireflies, Royals, Havana and Closer.

 

[ozpoz]

The Eagles Desperado…Why don’t you come to your senses. for me and Lady Stardust,the chorus mostly (Bowie) too.

 

[Fjord]

You'll never walk alone. Mainly because I can keep repeating 'walk on, walk on'.

 

[M&M&G]

Anything by Bob Marley, find reggae really helps me relax and breathe!