Babs Seed - "I Would Like To Be Your Mare"/"Hither, Thither, Yon"

by Jesse Coffey

Rating: everyone
Tags: Romance, Random
Length: 391

Babs Seed's debut single!

"I Would Like To Be Your Mare" is a 1961 single written by Sweetie Belle and originally recorded by Babs Seed. Babs was sent to recording the single when a Canterlot RCA executive was listening to a song by the Manehattan Elementary School Choir ("A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening", which was released on the Manehattan label) and signed her to a contract lasting ten years. The single took off immediately, eventually peaking at #3 on the EQ pop charts. It was since recorded by many artists, including Sweetie Belle herself.

Sweetie Belle's story of writing it is at the end of the two songs.

The B-side "Hither, Thither, Yon" is the same as the Brook Benton record; when it failed to reach Equestrian charts in a major way, Babs recorded it and the A-side's success pushed the B-side into the EQ Top 20, peaking at a stealthy #12.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2015-05-03 18:17:52 UTC

Hither, Thither, Yon

Oh, hither and thither and yon

Around the world I've gone

Searching for true love

As so many do

Hither and thither and yon

From Cairo to far off Calay

I traveled on and on

Seeking that someone

Who's heart wouldn't stray

Hither and thither and yon

Alas, I wondered

Through many a land

Too blind was I to see

True love was always close at hand

As close as you were to me

My journey is over

It's good to be home

Your face, I gaze upon

And darling, I wonder

Oh, why did I roam

Hither and thither and yon

(Hither and yon)

Hither and thither and yon

(Thither and yon)

Hither and thither and yon

I Would Like To Be Your Mare

I would like to be your lady

I would like to be your gal

I would like to be anything

Not just your pal

I would do anything to keep this love of yours

Flowing through you and flowing through me

Dear, I want your love to stay with me throughout the years

And I want you to be mine eternally

So if you say "I do" to me, I'll say "I do" to you

There could be nothing wrong with you being one plus me being two

I tenderly will call your name every day

And you'll want to love me whenever I say:

"I would like to be your mare

I would like to be your gal

I would like to be anything

Not just your pal

I would do anything to keep this love of yours

Flowing through you and flowing through me

Dear, I want your love to stay with me throughout the years

And I want you to be mine eternally."

When my heart and our heart decide to combine

Every day will feel just like a valentine

Our love will never die, it's only beginning

These are the words that through song I'm saying:

"I would like to be your mare

I would like to be your gal

I would like to be anything

Not just your pal

I would do anything to keep this love of yours

Flowing through you and flowing through me

Dear, I want your love to stay with me throughout the years

And I want you to be mine eternally"