Yodel Tractor

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Mebo found a tractor parked beside the county line

with a chrome plated dashboard and a speaker twice its size

She turned the key, the whole fence shook, the rooster lost his hat

Then Grandpa yelled, that thing can dance and climb right on the back

Past the feed store, past the grain, dust kicked up like summer rain

Yodel-ay, roll it down the road, boots keep time while the big wheels load

Diogolo, hear the barn door swing

Country hearts with the circuit board zing

The mayor brought a fiddle

Sue brought homemade pie

Mechanic patched the tailpipe

With a belt and baling twine

By sunset every porch light

Blinked in rhythm with the beat

And old Red pulled a two-step

Where the harvest wagons meet

Past the silo, past the creek

Nobody had to tell us what to see

You're to lay, roll it down the road

Boots keep time while the big wheels load

You're to low, hear the barn door swing

Country hearts with a circuit board zing

Then thunder cracked above the field

The tractor's little scream went dark

Mabel sang one fearless note

And every firefly lit a spark

Yodel-ay, yodel-ay, yodel-ay, yodel-ay

Yodel-ay, the morning found us there

Fiddle dust and hay up in the air

Yodel-oh, let the whole town sing

From the county line to everything

Mabel Park beneath the moon

Grandpa asked, same time soon

Yodel-ay, the answer rang

And the tractor played its final twang

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