An Old Song About a Model T

Posted by John Crandall Feb 19, 2007

I don’t know if anybody has ever posted this on the internet before, but here’s an old song inspired by the Model T Ford which has been sung in my family for generations. I can remember hearing both my Father and my Grandmother sing it to me, my brother, and my sister when we were children.

Bought myself a Ford machine, filled it up with gasoline

Cranked it up, and the darn thing got away

Didn’t wait ‘til I got in, now I own a pile of tin

But every month I go right up and pay

That’s all I can remember off the top of my head. I need to get my dad to put all his old songs on tape for me.

If anybody else knows more of this song I'd like to hear about it, or have a discussion started on that topic.