# equus eroticus

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equus-eroticus/689>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [February 16, 2000, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equus-eroticus/689 "2000-02-16T21:33:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![mr\_john](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@mr\_john](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr_john)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2000, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equus-eroticus/689/1 "2000-02-16T21:33:00Z")

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[http://www.straightdope.com/columns/000211.html](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/000211.html)  
Sorta puts a new take on the song.  
Pony boy, pony boy  
Won’t you be my pony boy  
Giddy-up giddy-up giddy-up whoa  
My pony boy

Ride with me ride with me  
Won’t you take a ride with me  
Underneath the starry sky  
My pony boy

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“Pardon me while I have a strange interlude.”-Marx

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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2000, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equus-eroticus/689/2 "2000-02-16T21:44:00Z")

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Omigod, I LOVE that song! I have a tape of Ada Jones singing it, but the chorus on mine goes—

Pony Boy, Pony Boy,  
Won’t you be my pony boy?  
Don’t say no, we will go  
lead a life of joy!  
Marry me, carry me,  
Off across the plains—  
Giddyap, giddyap, giddyap—whoa!  
My Pony Boy!

—Now I’m gonna have that running through my mind the rest of the night . . .

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**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equus-eroticus/689/3 "2000-02-17T19:23:00Z")

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I have not heard this song. Is it old, is it new?

Who is Ada Jones?

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\>\< DARWIN \>  
\_\_ **L\_\_\_L**

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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2000, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equus-eroticus/689/4 "2000-02-17T19:38:00Z")

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The recording I have is from 1909, but I don’t know how far before that the song dates—it’s a very bouncy, catchy tune.

Ada Jones was one of the most popular recording artists; she made hundreds of records between 1905–20. You can find some of her stuff at [www.tinfoil.com.](http://www.tinfoil.com.)

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**Author:** ![ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2000, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equus-eroticus/689/5 "2000-02-20T00:24:00Z")

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Bruce Springstein covered this song. I almost fell off the sofa when I heard it the first time. I wonder if it was originally meant to be double entendre?

-L