Horace the Horse (On the Merry-Go-Round) - Burl Ives

Horace the horse on the merry-go-round

Went up and down, round and round

He’s been sad since the day he found

He’s the very last horse on the merry-go-round

The music began and away they go

High and low, to and fro

Poor old Horace would always say

«I'm the very last horse again today»

How he tried and tried and tried

But he just never could win

Horace cried and cried and cried,

'Cause all the other horses were ahead of him

Then came the day on the merry-go-round

Horace turned, looked around, then said, «Gosh, oh gee!

I’m the very first horse on the merry-go-round

The others are following me!»