ok, i know this song is about man o' war (the horse), but beyond that, i'm at a loss.
here's what i do know:
"willie" was man o' war's groom. he did, in fact, say that man o' war was "the mostest hoss dat evah wuz." (and if you forget about secretariat, that's probably true.)
re: "maybe back at that old Kentucky home..." man o'war was, of course, from kentucky. (as am i, hence my fondness for racehorses and bourbon).
re: "saratoga," that was where man o' war lost the only race he ever lost, to a horse named, appropriately, "upset."
in sum, i'm still trying to figure out what j.b. and the boys were gettin' at when they penned this ditty...
ok, i know this song is about man o' war (the horse), but beyond that, i'm at a loss.
here's what i do know:
"willie" was man o' war's groom. he did, in fact, say that man o' war was "the mostest hoss dat evah wuz." (and if you forget about secretariat, that's probably true.)
re: "maybe back at that old Kentucky home..." man o'war was, of course, from kentucky. (as am i, hence my fondness for racehorses and bourbon).
re: "saratoga," that was where man o' war lost the only race he ever lost, to a horse named, appropriately, "upset."
in sum, i'm still trying to figure out what j.b. and the boys were gettin' at when they penned this ditty...