My Pony Boy ( Ada Jones, 1909)

1OO YEARS OLD 19092009: This great song, written by Bobbie Heath and Charlie O Donnell, was introduced by Lillian Lorraine (Ziegfeld s mistress) in the 1909 Anna Held (Ziegfeld s wife) musical Miss Innocence, playing at the New York Theatre. Here, the hit recording from the same year, with Ada Jones and the Peerless Quartet on Victor 16356, 10inch 78rpm shellac. Way out west, in a nest from the rest, dwelt the bestest little Bronco Boy He could ride, he could glide o er the prairies like an arrow. Eve br, br,