Talk:Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross

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rhymes.org.uk[edit]

Frankly, anything this site claims should just be disbelieved on general principle, as it tries to claim all sorts of spurious, disproven nonsense as if it were factual. It should not count as a reliable, encyclopedic source and should not be linked to. 172.144.210.91 21:21, 3 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wow! To the above - steady on old boy - thou might have an attack of the heart!! All I was going to say was that I'd heard that the 'Cock Horse' comes from 'The Cock' pub in Stoney Stratford (same Cock pub as Cock and Bull story). The pub would provide fresh horses to travelers etc. But i don't think I will now as Mr Angry above might come and find me and his last act on earth will be to beat me to death with his lack of humour!!

Steep hill[edit]

I think you will find that Banbury is at the B0TTOM of a hill, not the top. There are hills on most of the roads into the town, particularly Oxford Road, Bloxham Road and Broughton Road, not to mention Warwick Road! I used to walk UP Bloxham Road to school every day!Oyster24 (talk) 14:32, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lyrics[edit]

Why is there no significant difference between the first two "versions" under lyrics? It hardly seems worth printing both.

monkey man[edit]

The verse listed in the "Popular Culture" section appears only in the Specials cover of "Monkey Man". It wasn't in the song's original release. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.56.72.218 (talk) 16:01, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

a Cock horse[edit]

Or a Cock horse could be a horse from the Cock Hotel in nearby Stony Stratford. 164.47.187.32 (talk) 22:28, 26 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Music[edit]

This article as it stands is disappointing since it contains no mention of the music that traditionally accompanies the poem. And why are there two or more versions of the music? In some versions there is a fall of a third from "cock" to "horse", but in others the music rises up by a third at this point. In still others the two words are sung to the same note. A section on this should be added. Kanjuzi (talk) 08:45, 12 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]