On the lesser-known verse in Jingle Bells, it says:
',Just find a bob-tailed bay,
Two-forty as its speed'
Do they mean by two-forty? 240? mph?
2006-12-14 00:53:58 · 8 answers · asked by Webber 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
The reference in the final verse is to a bob-tail bay with two-forty as his speed. A mile in two minutes and forty seconds, especially pulling a sleigh down a country lane, is a brisk speed. This song was written at a time when the average person would have recognized this as a horse from the harness racing world. Racing Standardbreds hitched to cutters (one-horse open sleighs) is still done in some areas for fun.
2006-12-14 01:04:12 · answer #1 · answered by Mum2Boys 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No idea... it's probably a colloquialism that isn't used anymore, so the original meaning is lost....
2006-12-14 09:03:53 · answer #2 · answered by Yoda's Duck 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the artist song
2006-12-14 09:01:39 · answer #3 · answered by ck4life17 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
words to a song
2006-12-14 08:55:26 · answer #4 · answered by christian m 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
some1 wants to mama
2006-12-14 08:55:50 · answer #5 · answered by PURE REPUBLICAN 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
i havent ever heard that
2006-12-14 08:55:43 · answer #6 · answered by Mary 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they do.
2006-12-14 08:55:04 · answer #7 · answered by gbda86 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes they do , it feels wrong doesn't it?
2006-12-14 09:03:45 · answer #8 · answered by Janet 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋