Thanks for the Buggy Ride

As the Internet starts to dominate life, there's a backlash and an attempt to revive the old way.

Just like 100 years ago.
See if you can listen to this 55 second song from 1925. The clip is recorded in Real.
Here's the lyrics:

"Thanks for the buggy ride. I had a wonderful time. No smell of gasoline. Just an old fashioned team. It was a wonderful treat. To hear the patter of horses feet. I was used to riding in a big limosine. But buggy ridin lovin sure beats any machine. Now although I lost my pride, Thanks for the buggy ride. I had a wonderful time."

Comments

[Ray Lakeman]

There are lines missing. After "horses feet" I'm sure it went.

My bones were nearly broke
I took it as a joke
It was all new to me

Then it continues
"I was used to riding in a big limosine"

It ended with something like.
"Wait for the wagons, Wait for the wagons,
Wait for the wagons, we'll all get a ride".

My brother collected old 78's and played this constantly

[William Draves]

An 80 year old radio announcer, Miner Hayward, called me from Winter, Wisconsin, to say he had researched this song and found out that the Ford Motor Company didn't want the composer, Jules Buffano, to release "Thanks for the Buggy Ride," and had a big fight with him over it. So even by 1925 still some resentment, and sensitivity, to the auto.