A MODEL T CHRISTMAS for our BUICK FRIENDS

[Terry Wiegand]

I put this on the Model T Ford forum back in 2012 and it sure has generated a lot of views by the Ford guys.  Seeing Dandy Dave's posting made me think that I should post it on here for all the Buick folks too.  I put a little something at the end to explain the details about this rendition.  We hope that you all will enjoy this take on a Christmas Classic.  When I found this in my old friends book it sure brought back a lot of memories of him and all of the good times that he and my Dad had with me.  Enjoy.

 

A MODEL T CHRISTMAS

 

'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS AND THE OLD MODEL 'T'

WOULD NEED TO BE STARTED - A REAL JOB FOR ME.

FOR WE WERE ALL GOIN' TO THE COMMUNITY HALL

OL' SANTA WAS COMIN' WITH PRESENTS FOR ALL.

THE OIL WAS SO STIFF AND THE BATTERY WAS OLD

SHE'D BE SO HARD TO START OUT THERE IN THE COLD.

SHE HADN'T BEEN STARTED IN OVER A WEEK

WHICH MEANT THAT ASSISTANCE I REALLY SHOULD SEEK.

I GOT TWO LARGE PANS OF HOT COALS AND ASHES

WHICH I PLACED UNDER LIZZIE IN A COUPLE OF DASHES.

THE COILS, DO THEY BUZZ?  TRY THEM ONE AT A TIME

THE GAP ON THE PLUGS - THE SIZE OF A DIME.

I PULLED OUT THE CHOKE AND THE CRANK I DID TRY

THE MOTOR SO STIFF - I THOUGHT I WOULD CRY.

FOR THE CRANK WHEN I PULLED IT - CAME UP OH-SO-SLOW

AND I KNEW AT THIS RATE THE CAR WOULD NEVER GO.

I GOT SOME HOT WATER WHICH I POURED FROM THE KETTLE

OVER THE INTAKE  -  MORE THAN A LITTLE.

I CRANKED AND I CRANKED  -  TILL I WAS READY TO DROP

AND JUST AS I DID  -  IT VENTURED A 'POP'.

THIS GAVE ME NEW HOPE  -  I RETURNED TO MY WORK

FOR AS LONG AS THERE'S HOPE  -  I NEVER WOULD SHIRK.

IN THE NEXT FIFTEEN MINUTES  -  FOUR TIMES IT DID FIRE

JUST OFTEN ENOUGH MY THOUGHTS TO INSPIRE.

I THOUGHT IT ALL OVER  -  OUT THERE IN THE DARK

LET'S TRY JUST A LITTLE ADVANCE OF THE SPARK.

I TOOK HOLD OF THE CRANK AND GAVE IT A TWIST

JUST THEN I FELT A SHARP WHACK ON THE WRIST.

I FOUND 'TWASN'T BROKEN (WHY WAS I SO DUMB?

I SHOULD HAVE WATCHED CLOSELY THE PLACING OF THUMB).

BY NOW I'D DECIDED TO TRY A NEW TACK

ONE REAR WHEEL I'LL RAISE WITH THE JACK.

AGAIN I TOLD MA TO PULL DOWN ON THE SPARK

IF I GET THIS CAR STARTED  -  IT WON'T BE A LARK.

JUST AS I WAS GETTING AS MAD AS A HATTER

SHE STARTS WITH A ROAR, A BANG, AND A CLATTER.

THE VIBRATION SHOOK HER RIGHT OFF THE JACK

AND I WAS RUN OVER AS I STOOD IN MY TRACKS.

ABOUT THE TIME IT RAN THROUGH THE SHED

MA PULLED ON THE BRAKE AND TO ME SHE SAID  -

"NOW DUST OFF YOUR PANTS  -  LET'S DON'T BE TOO LATE

YOU KNOW THE PROGRAM STARTS STRAIGHT UP AT EIGHT".

WELL, WE LOADED THE KIDS AND WE FLEW THROUGH THE SNOW

OL' LIZZIE AT LAST WAS A-RARIN' TO GO.

WHEN WE ARRIVED AT THE HALL  -  I KNEW WE WERE LATE

FOR THE YARD WAS PARKED FULL  -  CLEAN OUT TO THE GATE.

FROM INSIDE THE BUILDING CAME A HEARTY 'HO' 'HO' 'HO'

IT SEEMED THAT OL' SANTA WAS READY TO GO.

AS I RAN UP THE WALK  -  T'WARDS THE BIG DOUBLE DOOR

IT SUDDENLY FLEW OPEN, AND THEN WITH A ROAR

CAME A STAMPEDE OF REINDEER  -  I WAS KNOCKED ON MY REAR

ONCE AGAIN THAT EVENING SHOOTING STARS DID APPEAR.

AND I HEARD THE FAT DRIVER  -  AS I WAS LOSING MY SIGHT,

"MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT"

 

 

With sincere apologizes to Clement Moore and our Model T friends everywhere.  This writing was found in a book that was owned by my life-long friend, Vaden Hunley Stroud.  He was the Auto Mechanics teacher at the Hutchinson, Kansas Senior High School from 1927 - 1969.  My father had him in school and he knew me every day of my life until his passing in 1986.  There isn't a Christmas that comes and goes that I do not think about him and my Dad and the wonderful old stories he would tell.

 

The author is unknown and I wanted to share this with my Buick friends out there.  Have shared this with our Model T friends and it always brings grins and chuckles.

 

From our home to yours

 

Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year

 

Terry and Barbara Wiegand

South Hutchinson, Kansas  aka Doo Dah

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 17, 2017 by Terry Wiegand
GRAMMAR EDIT (see edit history)

[JohnD1956]

Great story and great memories Terry. Merry Christmas to you and thanks for the laughs

[Dandy Dave]

LOL, Should have bought a Buick instead of a ford. At least then he would not have been so sore. Dandy Dave!