To
understand the "novelty" of
I'm
Gonna Ride, please read this:
(afterwards, click here to view
and hear the music)
A Word to the
Singers:
I'm Gonna Ride is a novelty, nonsacred version of the old African-American Spiritual, Ride
the Chariot. Instead of a chariot, the singers get to choose
the modern vehicle in which they would like to ride. Following is
a very comprehensive list of vehicles, motored and unmotored, which have
been used in the world over the centuries. Use your imagination and
choose the one that intrigues you the most. When you sing the arrangement
place the name of the vehicle where the asterisks appear. The rhythm
at that point will vary according to the number of syllables in the name
of the vehicle you choose. Simply sing it the way you would say it.
You can also choose to sing "my" or "the" when referring to your
vehicle, and since people ride "on" some vehicles and "in" others, make
the correct choice in that case for the vehicle you choose.
Types of Vehicles
Ambulance, amphibian, armoured
car, articulated lorry, ATB (all-terrain bike), auto, autocycle, automatic,
automobile, autorickshaw, bag trolley, banger (or old banger), barouche,
barrow, beach buggy, bicycle rickshaw, bicycle-made-for-two, bike, Black
Maria, bloodmobile, BMX (bicycle motocross), bob, bobsled, bobsleigh, bomb,
bombardier, boneshaker, bookmobile, bowser, brake, breakdown van, britzka,
brougham, bubble car, buckboard, buggy, bulldozer, bumper car, bus, cab,
cabriolet, calash, camper, Cape cart, car transporter, car, cariole, carriage,
carryall, cart, cat-train, caterpillar, chaise, chariot, chopper, clarence,
coach, combination, Conestoga wagon, convertible, coster's barrow, coupé,
covered wagon, crash wagon, crate, crawler tractor, curricle, cycle, delivery
truck, digger, dogcart, dogsled, dolly, Dormobile, drag, dragster, dray,
drophead coupé, droshky, duck, dumpcart, dune buggy, dustcart, electric
car, equipage, estate car, estate, fairy cycle, family car, farm tractor,
fiacre, fire engine, fixed-head coupé, float, fly, folding cycle,
fork-lift truck, four-in-hand, garbage truck, gharry, gig, Gladstone, go-kart,
golf cart, gritter, hackney, half-track, handbarrow, hansom, hardtop, hatchback,
haywain, heap, hearse, herdic, hobby, hobbyhorse, hot rod, iron horse,
jalopy, jam sandwich, jaunting car, Jeep, jigger , juggernaut, jumper,
kart, Land Rover, landau, limo, limousine, lorry, loudspeaker van, low-loader,
luge, luggage trolley, mammy wagon, milk float, mini, minibike, mobile
library, mobile home, monocycle, moped, motor vehicle, motor, motor caravan,
motorbicycle, motorbike and sidecar, motorcar, motorized sled, motorscooter,
mountain bike, moving van, one-horse carriage, oxcart, paddy wagon, panda
car, patrol car, penny-farthing, phaeton, police van, post chaise, postbus,
prairie schooner, private car, prowl car, PSV (public service vehicle),
pung, push car, push-bike, pushcart, put put, quadricycle, racing bicycle,
racing car, rally car, randem, ratha, rattletrap, refrigerator van, removal
van, rickshaw, rig, roadroller, roadster, rockaway, rocket car, runabout,
RV (recreational vehicle), safety bicycle, saloon, scoot, scooter, scout
car, sedan, semitrailer, shooting brake, shooting brake, shopping trolley,
sit-up-and-beg, skateboard, skates, fastback, Skimobile, sledge, sleigh,
Sno-Cat, snowboard, snowmobile, snowplough, spider phaeton, sports car,
sports car, squad car, stagecoach, station wagon, steamroller, stock car,
streetcar, stretch limo, sulky, superbike, surrey, SUV (sport utility vehicle),
swamp buggy, tandem, tarantass, taxi, tea trolley, tilbury, tin lizzie,
toboggan, tourer, tourer, tracklayer, tractor, trailbike, trailer, tram,
transporter, trap, trick cycle, tricycle, trike, trishaw, trishaw, troika,
trolley, trolleybus, truck, tumbrel, victoria, unicycle, unmarked car,
van, velocipede, vis-à-vis, voiturette, wagon, wagonette, wain, weasel,
wheel, wheelbarrow, wheels, and whim*
*Source of vehicle list:
http://www.xrefer.com
