(Bill Fries, Davis)
We is through the valley Where the Nishnabotna the mud and crud and cornfields Where the mari-ju-wana the railroad tracks of Persia Down the hills and up the Had a with a four-wheel drive And on my tail.
Well, he me up at exit 12 On the I-six-eighty I was 67 per When I rumbled through his He commenced to whirl his flashin' And he made his wail I slipped on to four-wheel drive With Smokey on my
Now I got racin' stripes and pipes And got a Ford Got a mill a four pot carb, you know But Smokey's stroked and Well, the chase was on, but I had the With a rig that'll fail Got a CJ-5 a four-wheel drive And Smokey on my
Yeah, he was.
Well, I dropped on down to low And I made a right turn My big ol' fat tires Went slashin' the corn Well, the blew And the kernels And it looked yella hail Just cookin' in a four-wheel drive Smokey on my tail
Well, we went through the valley the Nishnabotna flows Through the mud and and cornfields the mari-ju-wana grows 'Cross the railroad of Persia Up the hills and the dales My CJ-5 with four-wheel And on my tail.
a series of comic-style thought balloons.]
Look out, now. he come.
Oh, we get it on now.
(Don't hit that fella the banjo.)
We gonna swim this here now, Smokey. [Pronounced "crick", of course.]
wide and a foot deep.
"Nishnabota River", they it.
Might winch out.
Gonna do a wheelie on that there mound now, Smokey.
Can you dig it,
Got four on the floor and four in the air on that one, we?
Goodness gracious. ta bust my shocks.
[Back to our rhyming. Add the sound of wailing sirens.]
Well, that Jeep of mine Smokey whine His rig was made of He was mired in fourteen of mud So he ahead I up onto the blacktop Went crashin' on the rail Sakes alive! I had twenty-five on my tail!
Now I had racin' stripes and dual And Smokey had a Had a mill with a four pot carb, you But Smokey's and bored Well, the was on, but I had the edge With a rig never fail Got a CJ-5 a four-wheel drive Settin' out back a' the