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If wishes were horses . . .
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Where does the saying "If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride" come from?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.As you may expect there are several versions, variously attributed as a Scottish proverb and as a Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride
If turnips were swords, I'd wear one by my side
If ifs and ands were pots and pans,
there'd be no need for tinkers' hands.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
If turnips were watches, I would wear one by my side.
And if "ifs" and "ands"
Were pots and pans,
There'd be no work for tinkers!
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride
Upon white chargers, with dames at their sides.