This was a very hard winter on the farm....every weekend in January we had a blizzard and also sub zero temperatures.. lots of frozen water pipes in the barn and the house... and carrying water to all the livestock in the lean-to. Our wood to heat the house was in the machine shed..so we used a cardboard box on the sled to push it to the house.
One of the weekends we went to town on Friday to get some feed and had it in the trunk of the car and when turning the corner by Klingbiel's there was ice and we hit Brunner's well drilling truck. The car was totaled so we got a Chevy from Marcott's....it worked but it had some interesting quirks about it. Which brings me to the song of Dashing Through the Snow!!
DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW
IN MY RUSTY CHEVROLET
DOWN THE ROAD I GO
SLIDING ALL THE WAY
I NEED NEW PISTON RINGS
I NEED SOME NEW SNOW TIRES
MY CAR IS HELD TOGETHER
BY A PIECE OF CHICKEN WIRE
CHORUS:
RUST AND SMOKE THE HEATER'S BROKE
THE DOOR JUST BLEW AWAY
I LIGHT A MATCH TO SEE THE DASH
AND THEN I START TO PRAY
THE FRAME IS BENT THE MUFFLER WENT
THE RADIO IT'S OK
OH WHAT FUN IT IS TO DRIVE
THIS RUSTY CHEVROLET
I WENT TO THE IGA
TO GET SOME CHRISTMAS CHEER
I JUST PASSED UP MY LEFT FRONT TIRE
AND ITS GETTING HARD TO STEER
SKIDDING DOWN THE HIGHWAY
RIGHT PAST THE NEGAUNEE COPS
I HAD TO DRAG MY SWAMPERS
TO GET THE CAR TO STOP
(REPEAT CHORUS)
BOUNCING THROUGH THE SNOWDRIFTS
IN A BIG BLUE CLOUD OF SMOKE
PEOPLE LAUGH AS I DRIVE BY
I WONDER WHAT'S THE JOKE
I GOT TO GET TO SHOPKO
TO PICK UP THE LAYAWAY
CAUSE SANTA CLAUS IS COMING SOON
IN HIS BIG OLD RUSTY SLEIGH
(REPEAT CHORUS) Da Yoppers
2 comments:
I remember singing this song at the top of our lungs! Good times...
Thanks for posting, Mom! I know those years won't the best in the way of memories but there are some "FUN" memories in there as well! That Chevy.....I remember Dad holding on to his door to hold it closed while turning a curve!! What a big ol' boat!! =-)
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