Re: All right guys and gals, I need a poetical fav

Posted by rvirgil on December 31, 2005 at 14:11:01 from (24.225.26.183):

In Reply to: All right guys and gals, I need a poetical favor posted by Specter on December 26, 2005 at 10:26:41:

Here's one I wrote about personal experience

RED BELLY FORD

I grew up on hard times in the Fifties
There's much that we couldn't afford
But by golly we had some good horses
'n we had us a Red Belly Ford

A Red Belly Ford was half worthless
if you had one you'd know what I mean
'Twas hard to know just what to call it
this cross between toy 'n machine

With runnin' boards somethin' like stirrups
you could stand up or sit thereupon
It rode like a small shetland pony
just straddle the thing 'n hang on

Might hold with a good team o' horses
was 'bout as contrary 's a mule
'Course owners of Johnnys 'n Farmalls
disdained 'em with just ridicule

Oh, I'll have to admit they were handy
'n helped many fam'lies survive
But their only sure means to salvation
was teachin' young kids how to drive

For many a young country feller
who was just big enough to go chore
Our first try at genuine drivin'
was steerin' that Red Belly Ford

I felt in the height of my glory
when beckoned to come crawl aboard
'n go for a ride with my Daddy
a straddle that Red Belly Ford

He'd let out the clutch 'n get movin'
say "Here, Son, you give it some gas"
He'd give me the wheel 'n say "steer it"
'twas a thrill that was hard to surpass

So I certainly count myself priv'leged,
a gracious 'n proud benefactor
I'm one of the millions indebted
to that little Red Belly tractor

So if folks of today have their problems
confused, 'n peer pressured, 'n bored
What they need is a place in the country,
...a horse, ...'n a Red Belly Ford

(B. Virgil, Norton, KS)

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