(Bill Fries, Davis)
We is through the valley Where the Nishnabotna Through the mud and crud and the mari-ju-wana grows 'Cross the railroad tracks of the hills and up the dale Had a CJ-5 with a four-wheel And on my tail.
Well, he me up at exit 12 On the ramp I was 67 per I rumbled through his trap He commenced to whirl his flashin' And he made his wail I on down to four-wheel drive With on my tail
Now I got racin' and dual pipes And got a Ford Got a mill with a four pot carb, you But stroked and bored Well, the was on, but I had the edge With a rig never fail Got a CJ-5 with a four-wheel And Smokey on my
Yeah, he was.
Well, I dropped on to granny low And I a hard right turn My big ol' fat Commando slashin' through the corn Well, the tassels And the kernels And it looked like yella Just cookin' in a four-wheel drive With Smokey on my
Well, we went screamin' through the Where the flows the mud and crud and cornfields Where the mari-ju-wana 'Cross the tracks of Persia Up the hills and down the My with four-wheel drive And on my tail.
[Imagine a series of thought balloons.]
out, now. Here he come.
Oh, we get it on now.
(Don't hit that with the banjo.)
We swim this here creek now, Smokey. [Pronounced "crick", of course.]
Yard and a foot deep.
"Nishnabota River", call it.
Might haveta out.
Gonna do a wheelie on there gopher mound now, Smokey.
Can you dig it,
Got four on the and four in the air on that one, didn't we?
Goodness gracious. ta bust my shocks.
[Back to our regularly-scheduled rhyming. Add the sound of sirens.]
Well, that Jeep of made Smokey whine His rig was of lead He was mired in feet of mud So he ahead I pulled up the blacktop Went crashin' on through the Sakes alive! I had more on my tail!
Now I had stripes and dual pipes And had a Ford Had a mill with a four pot carb, you But Smokey's stroked and Well, the was on, but I had the edge With a rig that'll fail Got a CJ-5 with a four-wheel Settin' out back a' the