When I was a boy I just had one joy I only dreamed of a horse A rockin' horse Fast as can be Daddy won't you buy that horse for me? Gimme, gimme, gimme that horse Then I go on and ride away Gimme, gimme, gimme that horse Then I go on and ride away I was so young And then he left home He sailed on with his ship He said: "Son When I come ashore I buy that horse you're asking for" Gimme, gimme, gimme that horse Then I go on and ride away Gimme, gimme, gimme that horse Then I go on and ride away 't Was only next day I heard mamma say: "Oh, my god" through the phone I heard her cry Now I know why It was the day when he died Gimme, gimme, gimme that horse Then I go on and ride away Gimme, gimme, gimme that horse Then I go Then you go on Then you go on And ride away (Ride away) In the sky Gimme, gimme, gimme that horse Then I go on and ride away Gimme, gimme, gimme that horse Then I go on