I WONDER WHERE MY EASY RIDER'S GONE?
(Shelton Brooks)

Sophie Tucker - 1913
Mae West (feat. in the film "She Done Him Wrong") - 1933

Also recorded by:
Liza Minnelli; Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon; Peter Bocage;
Tampa Red & His Hokum Jug Band; Kid Thomas Valentine;
Le Petit Jazzband de Mr. Morel.



Miss Susie Johnson is a crazy as can be
About that easy riding kid they call Jockey Lee
Now, don't you think it's funny, only bets her money
In the race friend Jockey's goin' to be

There was a race down at the track the other day
And Susie got an inside tip right away
She bet a hundred to one that her little Hon
Would bring home all the mon

When she found out Jockey was not there
Miss Susie cried out in despair....

I wonder where my easy rider's gone today
He never told me he was goin' away
If he was here he'd win the race
If not first, he'd get a place
I never saw that Jockey trailing anyone before

I'm losing my money, that's why I am blue
To win a race, Lee knows just what to do
I'd put all my junk in pawn
To bet on any horse that Jockey's on
Oh! I wonder where my easy rider's gone

Oh! I wonder where my easy rider's gone
He went to put my brand new watch in pawn
I see him comin' round that turn
What a trail that man can burn
He's gonna win because my dough is on the nose

Just watch my Jockey's easy rider stance
He'll hit that home stretch, win it by a mile
I want him to win this spree
And keep a-goin' till he comes to me
Oh! I wonder where my easy rider's gone

Oh! I wonder where my easy rider's gone


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - January 2009)