CONVOY by C.W. McAll Transcribed by Dan Nicholas dan.nicholas@ottawa.com **** = spoken in CB talk.. **** Em A Breaker one nine this here's the Rubber Duck You got a copy on me Pig Pen Come on Ah Yeah ten four Pig Pen for sure for sure By golly it's clean clear to Flagtown Come on Yeah it's a big ten four there Pig Pen Yeah we definetly got the front door good buddy Mercy sakes alive looks like we got us a convoy
Verse E It was the dark of the moon on the 6th of June D in a Kenworth haulin logs A E Cab over Pete with a reefer on & a Jimmy haulin Hogs We was headin for bear on "I-one-O" D About a mile outa shaky town A I says Pig Pen this here's the Rubber Duck E And I'm about to put the hammer down CHO.... C G D G 'Cause we got a little old convoy rocking thru the night C G D B7 Yeah we got a little old convoy ain't she a beautiful sight C G D G Come on & join our convoy, ain't nothin' gonna get in our way C G D B7 We're gonna roll this truckin' convoy across the USA Em Convoy, Convoy, Convoy **** E Ah breaker Pig Pen this here's the Duck Ah you wanna back off them hogs Ah ten four about five mile or so Ten Roger them hogs is gettin him tense up here Verse By the time we got into Tulsa town we had 85 trucks in all But there's a road block up on the clover leaf And them Bears was wall to wall Yeah them Smokeys was thick as bugs on a bumper They even had a Bear in the air I says callin all trucks this here's the Duck And we about to go ahuntin Bear CHO.... E **** Ah you wanna give me a ten nine on that Pig Pen A Negatory Pig Pen you're still too close Yeah them hogs are startin to close up my sinuses Mercy sakes you better back off another ten Verse Well we rolled up Interstate 44 like a rocket sled on rails We tore up all of our swindle sheets & left em settin' on the scales By the time we hit that shy town them bears was agettin smart They'd brought up some reinforcements from the Illonois National Guard There's armoured cars & tanks & Jeeps & Rigs of every size Yeah them chicken coops was full of Bears & choppers filled the skies Well we shot the line & we went for broke with a thousand screaming trucks And eleven long haired friends of Jesus in a chartruse MicroBus E **** Ah Rubber Duck this is Sod Buster come on Ah yeah ten four Sod Buster ... listenyou want to put that MicroBus In behind that Suicide Jockey Yeah he's haulin dynamite & he needs all the help he can get. Verse Well we laid a strip from the Jersey shore and prepared to cross the line I could see the bridge was lined with Bears but I didn't have a doggone dime I says Pig Pen this here's the Rubber Duck, we just ain't a gonna pay no toll So we crashed the gate doin ninety-eight I says let them truckers roll ten four CHO....Cause we got a MIGHTY convoy E ****Ah ten four Pig Pen what's your twenty Omaha We're gonna scare them hogs out there for sure Well Mercy sakes good buddy, we're gonna back on outta here So keep the bugs off your glass & the Bears off your tail We'll catch you on the flip flop This here's the Rubber Duck on the side We gone Bye Bye.