| "If wishes were horses, beggars would ride." | |
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| Nursery rhyme | |
| Published | 1605 |
| Songwriter(s) | unknown |
"If wishes were horses, beggars would ride" is a proverb and nursery rhyme, first recorded about 1628 in a collection of Scottish proverbs,[1] which suggests if wishing could make things happen, then even the most destitute people would have everything they wanted.[2] It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 20004.
- ^ "the origin of if wishes were horses". Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ "the definition of if wishes were horses, then beggars would ride". Dictionary.com. Retrieved 12 April 2016.