*GATOR SPRINGS GAZETTE
a literary journal of the fictional persuasion

ALLIGATOR CHORUS

CROSS-DRESSING?
It gets verse...

I got the horse right here
The name is Paul Revere
And here's a guy that says that the weather's clear
Can do, can do, this guy says the horse can do
If he says the horse can do, can do, can do.


...so Nicely starts the song Tin Fugue in the musical, Guys and Dolls.

Well, a horse is a horse of course of course, and no one can talk to a horse of course—unless that horse is the cross-dressing horse, Sweetie Pie, immortalized by Jeff Rose:

CROSS-DRESS

    I've got the horse right here,
    he's dressed a little queer,
    his name is Sweetie Pie, he's really quite a dear

    Cross-dress, yes, cross-dress,
    this horse knows how to cross-dress.

    He'll be running fast,
    he'll be looking good,
    and he'll be wearing pumps unless it's mud,

    Cross-dress, yes, cross-dress,
    to Liberace he's inclined to just say yes.

    If the race gets close,
    and the heat is on,
    he'll lift his skirts
    and hump like Donna Juan.

    Cross-dress, yes, cross-dress,
    it's in the news, he gets his shoes in Paris.

    At the finish line,
    he will look sublime,
    he'll sashay over
    for the victory wine.

    Cross-dress, yes, cross-dress,
    he won with a badly limp wrist.

    In a winning pose,
    he proudly drank his beer,
    and he didn't cheat
    as much as I've cheated here.

    Cross-dress, yes, cross-dress,
    it's the horse who does it, NOT ME!

    In the last verse now,
    we take you back to the barn,
    he's feeling shitty 'cause
    he thinks he bought the farm.

    Cross-dress, yes, cross-dress,
    that horse knew how to cross-dress,

    But there's a ray of light,
    his last race was tonight,
    now it's off to do the talk shows,
    LA's a five hour flight.

    He'll be outta the closet
    and into the know,
    and dating Mister Ed,
    on the nature show (as his nature shows).

    Cross-dress, yes, cross-dress,
    that horse knew how to cross-dress

    He'll live a long, long life,
    (about the farm I lied),
    because they all lived long,
    on his mother's side,

    Cross-dress, yes, cross-dress,
    that horse knew how to cross-dress

© Jeff Rose

Jeff Rose studied at the University of Colorado at Boulder's School of Journalism and has traveled extensively, reporting from London, Paris, Shanghai and Amsterdam. He has lived in Philadelphia, Boston and Kwajalein Island in the Marshalls. Jeff now resides in Binghamton, NY where he writes with a curious blend of chutzpah and naïveté when he isn't dabbling in artistic pursuits.

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