My song of the week

I, my son and a friend turned our conversation to recalling names of old-time country songs that we liked.  I mentioned the one about the Johnson Boys that ate peas with honey, they have done it all their life.  It makes the peas taste kind of funny, but it keeps them on the knife.  Several songs were mentioned, but my son mentioned one that I had not heard before, now its my song 'pick' for the week.

Give Me Forty Acres

 

It was his first trip to Boston in a big long diesel truck

It was his first trip to Boston , he was havin' lots of luck

But he was headed the wrong direction

down the one way street in town

And this is what he said when the

Police chased him down

Give me forty acres and I'll turn this rig around,

It's the easiest way

that I have found

Some guys can turn on a dime

 or turn it right downtown

But I need forty acres to turn this rig around

When he finally found where to unload

he had a dreadful shock

His trailer pointed toward the road

and his cab right to the dock

And as he looked around him through

The tears, he made this sound

Oh, give me forty acres and I'll turn this rig around

And when he finally got it unloaded

He was glad to leave this town

He was feelin' fairly happy goin' back to Alabam

And up ahead he saw a sign you are northward bound

He said give me forty acres and I'll turn this rig around

He was driving down the right lane

When ahead he saw a sign

He had to make a left turn, but he couldn't get in line

Now the tears were streaming down his cheeks

And the all heard him YELL

Give me forty sticks of dynamite and I'll blow this rig to hell