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"I Wonder Where My Easy Rider's Gone?" is a ragtime/blues song written by Shelton Brooks in 1913. Sometimes categorized as hokum,〔Wintz, ''Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance,'' Page 186: "The double-entendre song "I Wonder Where My Easy Rider's Gone" (1913) was popularized in performances and recordings by both Sophie Tucker and Mae West."〕 it led to an answer song written in 1915 by W.C. Handy, "Yellow Dog Rag", later titled "Yellow Dog Blues". Lines and melody from both songs show up in the 1920s and 30s in such songs as "E. Z. Rider", "See See Rider", "C. C. Rider", and "Easy Rider Blues". =="I Wonder Where My Easy Rider's Gone?"== Written for the vaudeville stage, the lyrics tell of a Susie Johnson who bets on a horse race using a tip from Jockey Lee, who subsequently runs off with her money. First verse: :''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'' :Chorus: ::''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"'' ::''Cash in our winnings, on a "joy-ride" we'd go, right away'' ::''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 be on any horse that jockey's on.'' ::''Oh' I wonder where my easy rider's gone.'' "I Wonder Where My Easy Rider's Gone?" was first popularized on the vaudeville stage by Sophie Tucker. It is most noted for its performance in a 1933 movie, ''She Done Him Wrong'', in which Mae West sang it in a suggestive manner. It is perhaps this performance which gave it its hokum reputation.〔Louvish, ''Mae West,'' Page 221: "When Mae sashays on to belt out 'I Wonder Where My Easy Rider's Gone' - ostensibly a song about a jockey - the lust and lasciviousness of the triple-meanings shimmers in the air."〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「I Wonder Where My Easy Rider's Gone」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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