| Why don’t you catch my pony, now saddle up my black mare?
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| …my pony, saddle up, up my black mare?
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| You know, I’m gonna find my baby, well, in the world somewhere
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| You know, he’s a travelin' horse, an' he’s too black bad
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| He’s a travelin' pony, I declare, he’s too black bad
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| You know, he got a gait, now, no Shetlan' ain’t never had
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| You know, I taken him by the rein an' I led him around and 'round
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| I say, I taken him by the reins an' I, I led him, him 'round and 'round
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| You know, he ain’t the best in the world, but he’s the best ever been in this
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| town
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| You know, he’s a travelin' horse and he don’t deny his name
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| He’s a travelin' pony and he don’t deny his name
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| You know, the way he can travel is a low-down, old, dirty shame
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| Why don’t you come up here, pony, now come on, please let’s us go
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| I said, «Come up, get up now, please pony, now let’s us go»
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| Let’s we saddle on down on the Gulf of, of Mexico
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| You know, the horse that I’m ridin', he can fox-trot, he can lope and pace
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| I say, the pony I’m ridin', he can fox-trot, he can lope and pace
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| You know, a horse with them many gaits, you know, I’m bound to win the race
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| He’s a travelin' horse an' he don’t deny his name
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| He’s a travelin' pony, he don’t deny his name
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| The way he can travel is a low-down, old, dirty shame |