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8 de jun. de 2020 · The phrase home, James (and don’t spare the horses) is used as a humorous exhortation to a driver. James is a generic ‘posh’ Christian name arbitrarily given to a driver. This phrase was originally used in the shorter form home, James.
16 de dic. de 2014 · “Home, James, and Don’t Spare the Horses” is an expression of pressing urgency that goes back to the mid-nineteenth century, but the statistics on its recorded use skyrocket around the time that Elsie Carlisle recorded the song with Ambrose and His Orchestra.
don't spare the horses. Do something quickly. Get this bloodwork to the lab and don't spare the horses—it's urgent. Thank goodness you finally came to pick me up. Home, James, and don't spare the horses!
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass performed some of the songs with Mike Redway singing the lyrics to the title song as the end credits rolled. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casino_Royale_ (1967_film...
16 de dic. de 2014 · "Home, James, and Don't Spare the Horses." Words and music by Fred Hillebrand (1934). Recorded by Ambrose and His Orchestra with Elsie Carlisle as vocalist...
Home James and don’t spare the horses. This was the title of a popular British song in 1934 by Fred Hillebrand and this instruction to the chauffeur of a motor car is a parody on the days of horse drawn carriages.
Meaning: This is a cliched way of telling the driver of a vehicle to start driving. It is supposed to be an order to a chauffeur (a privately employed driver). The full phrase is 'Home, James, and don't spare the horses'.
