G5 C5 G5 When it's midnight on the meadow and the cats are in the shed C5 D5 D5 And the river tells a story at the window by my bed G5 C5 G5 If you listen very closely be as quiet as you can C5 D5 G5 In the yard you'll hear him it is the pony man. G5 C5 G5 We're always there to greet him when he tumbles into town C5 D5 D5 He leads a string of ponies some are white and some are brown G5 C5 G5 And they never seem to kick or bite they only want to play C5 D5 G5 And they live on candy apples instead of oats and hay. G5 C5 G5 And when we're all assembled he gives a soft command C5 D5 D5 And we climb aboard our ponies as in a row they stand G5 C5 G5 Then down the road we gallop and across the fields we fly C5 D5 G5 And soon we all go sailing off into the midnight sky. G5 C5 G5 And as we gaily rock along beside a ripplin' sea C5 D5 D5 There's Tom 'n Dick 'n Sally and Mary Joe and me G5 C5 G5 And the pony man is leading cause he's travelled here before C5 D5 G5 And he gives a whoop and a holler at Mr. Moon's front door. G5 C5 G5 And as we stop to rest a while where the soda river glides C5 D5 D5 Up to the slip comes a pirate ship to take us for a ride G5 C5 G5 And the pony man's the captain and the children are the crew C5 D5 G5 And we go in search of treasure and laugh the whole night through. G5 C5 G5 And when the hold is filled with gold and the sails begin to strain C5 D5 D5 And the deck's piled high with apple pie we head for port again G5 C5 G5 And down the whirling staircase so swift our ponies fly C5 D5 G5 And we're safely in our beds again when the sunbeams kiss the sky. Repeat First Verse
