[Gail White]

About the knee-riding songs, I think there were many.
One of the older ones from England goes:

This is the way the ladies ride,
trot, trot, trot, trot,
This is the way the ladies ride,
trot, trot, trot.

This is the way the gentlemen ride,
gallop-a-trot, gallop-a-trot,
This is the way the gentlemen ride,
gallop-a-gallop-a-trot.

This is the way the farmers ride,
hobbledehoy, hobbledehoy,
This is the way the farmers ride,
hobblede-hobbledehoy!
(Of course on this verse the baby is tossed
up in the air.)
the air on this verse.)