Talking Dust Bowl Blues
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โฑ๏ธ 5:16 duration
๐ ID: 18018485
๐ Lyrics
Back in nineteen twenty-seven
I had a little farm and I called that heaven
When the price's up and the rain come down
And I hauled my crops all into town
I got the money, bought clothes and groceries
Fed the kids and raised a family
Rain quit and the wind got high
And the black, old dust storm filled the sky
And I swapped my farm for a Ford machine
And I poured it full of this gas-i-line
And then started rockin' and rollin'
Over the mountains, out towards the old peach bowl
Way up yonder, on a mountain road
I had a hot motor and a heavy load
I was goin' purty fast, I wasn't even stoppin'
A-bouncin' up and down, like popcorn poppin'
Had a breakdown, sort of a nervous bustdown of some kind
There was a feller there, mechanic feller, said it was engine trouble
Way up yonder, on a mountain curve
I was way up yonder, in a piney wood
And I gave that rollin' Ford a shove
And I was gonna coast as far as I could
Commence coastin', pickin' up speed
It was a hairpin turn, I didn't make it
Man alive, I'm a-tellin' you
The fiddles and the guitars really flew
That Ford took off like a flyin' squirrel
And it flew halfway around the world
Scattered wives and childrens all over the side of that mountain
We got out to the West Coast broke
So dad-gum hungry I thought I'd croke
And I bummed up a spud or two
And my wife fixed up a tater stew
We poured the kids full of it
Mighty thin stew, though
You could read a magazine right through it
Always have figured that if it'd been just little bit thinner
Some of these here politicians could have seen through it
I had a little farm and I called that heaven
When the price's up and the rain come down
And I hauled my crops all into town
I got the money, bought clothes and groceries
Fed the kids and raised a family
Rain quit and the wind got high
And the black, old dust storm filled the sky
And I swapped my farm for a Ford machine
And I poured it full of this gas-i-line
And then started rockin' and rollin'
Over the mountains, out towards the old peach bowl
Way up yonder, on a mountain road
I had a hot motor and a heavy load
I was goin' purty fast, I wasn't even stoppin'
A-bouncin' up and down, like popcorn poppin'
Had a breakdown, sort of a nervous bustdown of some kind
There was a feller there, mechanic feller, said it was engine trouble
Way up yonder, on a mountain curve
I was way up yonder, in a piney wood
And I gave that rollin' Ford a shove
And I was gonna coast as far as I could
Commence coastin', pickin' up speed
It was a hairpin turn, I didn't make it
Man alive, I'm a-tellin' you
The fiddles and the guitars really flew
That Ford took off like a flyin' squirrel
And it flew halfway around the world
Scattered wives and childrens all over the side of that mountain
We got out to the West Coast broke
So dad-gum hungry I thought I'd croke
And I bummed up a spud or two
And my wife fixed up a tater stew
We poured the kids full of it
Mighty thin stew, though
You could read a magazine right through it
Always have figured that if it'd been just little bit thinner
Some of these here politicians could have seen through it
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:02.67] Back in nineteen twenty-seven
[00:05.16] I had a little farm and I called that heaven
[00:08.03] When the price's up and the rain come down
[00:10.61] And I hauled my crops all into town
[00:13.25] I got the money, bought clothes and groceries
[00:18.85] Fed the kids and raised a family
[00:24.38] Rain quit and the wind got high
[00:26.95] And the black, old dust storm filled the sky
[00:29.49] And I swapped my farm for a Ford machine
[00:32.12] And I poured it full of this gas-i-line
[00:34.68] And then started rockin' and rollin'
[00:39.63] Over the mountains, out towards the old peach bowl
[00:46.38] Way up yonder, on a mountain road
[00:48.65] I had a hot motor and a heavy load
[00:51.23] I was goin' purty fast, I wasn't even stoppin'
[00:53.97] A-bouncin' up and down, like popcorn poppin'
[00:56.47] Had a breakdown, sort of a nervous bustdown of some kind
[01:00.75] There was a feller there, mechanic feller, said it was engine trouble
[01:10.46] Way up yonder, on a mountain curve
[01:13.16] I was way up yonder, in a piney wood
[01:15.35] And I gave that rollin' Ford a shove
[01:18.16] And I was gonna coast as far as I could
[01:22.32] Commence coastin', pickin' up speed
[01:26.29] It was a hairpin turn, I didn't make it
[01:31.43] Man alive, I'm a-tellin' you
[01:33.65] The fiddles and the guitars really flew
[01:37.54] That Ford took off like a flyin' squirrel
[01:40.08] And it flew halfway around the world
[01:43.83] Scattered wives and childrens all over the side of that mountain
[01:49.61]
[01:59.12] We got out to the West Coast broke
[02:01.64] So dad-gum hungry I thought I'd croke
[02:03.70] And I bummed up a spud or two
[02:05.98] And my wife fixed up a tater stew
[02:11.68] We poured the kids full of it
[02:16.93] Mighty thin stew, though
[02:21.33] You could read a magazine right through it
[02:26.02] Always have figured that if it'd been just little bit thinner
[02:32.11] Some of these here politicians could have seen through it
[02:36.07]
[00:05.16] I had a little farm and I called that heaven
[00:08.03] When the price's up and the rain come down
[00:10.61] And I hauled my crops all into town
[00:13.25] I got the money, bought clothes and groceries
[00:18.85] Fed the kids and raised a family
[00:24.38] Rain quit and the wind got high
[00:26.95] And the black, old dust storm filled the sky
[00:29.49] And I swapped my farm for a Ford machine
[00:32.12] And I poured it full of this gas-i-line
[00:34.68] And then started rockin' and rollin'
[00:39.63] Over the mountains, out towards the old peach bowl
[00:46.38] Way up yonder, on a mountain road
[00:48.65] I had a hot motor and a heavy load
[00:51.23] I was goin' purty fast, I wasn't even stoppin'
[00:53.97] A-bouncin' up and down, like popcorn poppin'
[00:56.47] Had a breakdown, sort of a nervous bustdown of some kind
[01:00.75] There was a feller there, mechanic feller, said it was engine trouble
[01:10.46] Way up yonder, on a mountain curve
[01:13.16] I was way up yonder, in a piney wood
[01:15.35] And I gave that rollin' Ford a shove
[01:18.16] And I was gonna coast as far as I could
[01:22.32] Commence coastin', pickin' up speed
[01:26.29] It was a hairpin turn, I didn't make it
[01:31.43] Man alive, I'm a-tellin' you
[01:33.65] The fiddles and the guitars really flew
[01:37.54] That Ford took off like a flyin' squirrel
[01:40.08] And it flew halfway around the world
[01:43.83] Scattered wives and childrens all over the side of that mountain
[01:49.61]
[01:59.12] We got out to the West Coast broke
[02:01.64] So dad-gum hungry I thought I'd croke
[02:03.70] And I bummed up a spud or two
[02:05.98] And my wife fixed up a tater stew
[02:11.68] We poured the kids full of it
[02:16.93] Mighty thin stew, though
[02:21.33] You could read a magazine right through it
[02:26.02] Always have figured that if it'd been just little bit thinner
[02:32.11] Some of these here politicians could have seen through it
[02:36.07]