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Skewball was the name of an 18th-century
British racehorse, most
famous as the
subject of a
broadsheet ballad and folk-song. The
horse was
foaled in 1741...
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Foundation Sire:
Driver Studbook Early N+O
Foundation Sires: O Portraits:
Skewball Studbook Early B
Foundation Sire:
Buffcoat Foundation Sire:
Whitenose Biography:...
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inspired "Streets of Laredo" and "St.
James Infirmary Blues". The last song, "
Skewball",
employs an
effective counterpoint between a
banjo and an
electric guitar...
- "You Will Remember" 455. "Johnny Doyle/Dials", "The
Muddy Droves" 456. "
Skewball", "The
Plains of Kildare" 457. "The
Orphan Girl" 458. "Two
Little Orphans"...
- ****mings,
though this
claim is debatable. An
early demonstration of the "
skewball" or
curveball occurred at the
Capitoline Grounds in
Brooklyn in August...
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Silky ****van: a
racehorse Sir Winston:
Winner of 2019
Belmont Stakes Skewball:
immortalized in 18th
century poetry as a sku-ball
winning against a Thoroughbred...
- "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" are
similar to the
traditional English ballad "
Skewball", but with a
different rhythmic meter,
subsequent modulations and a wholly...
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nearly five more years,
winning multiple races and
producing three foals.
Skewball is a
topically related song, but it is melodically, lyrically, and historically...
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Hills of Greenmore", an
Irish fox-hunting song on
their first album. "
Skewball" is a song
about a racehorse.
Notable versions include those by
Woody Guthrie...
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Other American folksongs include: "She'll Be
Coming 'Round the Mountain", "
Skewball", "Big Bad John", "Stagger Lee", "Camptown Races" and "The
Battle Hymn...
