by P4 Biggar Primary School

Whup and whoa, off we go, turning up the ground.
The seagulls fly to follow us, they come from miles around.
The Clydesdale horse, the Clydesdale horse
Together we will work

Strong white hooves, muscular back, a brown mane down his spine,
He ploughs the fields and pulls the carts, and does his work just fine.
The Clydesdale horse, the Clydesdale horse
Together we will work

We scare away the wee field mice, when we break their nests.
Wee sleekit cowerin beastie – I forget the rest.
The Clydesdale horse, the Clydesdale horse
Together we will work

At harvest time the big combine comes to cut the corn.
The team works hard till the farmer’s wife blows the dinner horn.
The Clydesdale horse, the Clydesdale horse
Together we will work

In the stable there’s a necklace, made of stones with holes.
They will keep the witches out, and protect the foals.
The Clydesdale horse, the Clydesdale horse
Together we will work

When our work is over, I clean him with the comb.
He sleeps in the stable, and I go hirplin home.
The Clydesdale horse, the Clydesdale horse
Together we will work

The Clydesdale horse, the Clydesdale horse
Together we will work
The Clydesdale horse, the Clydesdale horse
Together we will work

© P4 (now P5) Biggar Primary with Ms. Forbes and Ewan McVicar, March 2004

Last year’s P4 at Biggar Primary School are not listed on the ‘writers’ section of clydevalley.net but that doesn’t mean they can’t write. This is the lyric of a song of the same name which was written with Ewan McVicar and teacher Ms. Forbes after a visit to Moat Park Museum, Biggar to see an exhibition about Clydesdale horses. It forms part of the New Makars Trust project in South Lanarkshire (Songlines).