Gus'UKE-based version of Chuck Berry's automobile-themed COUNTY LINE (similar to JAGUAR AND THUNDERBIRD)Chuck Berry pre-empts The Dukes Of Hazzard in this narrative:
Sing-a-long-a-Gus:
Ukuleles in G? Let's go:
IT WAS A 10-MILE STRETCH ON A PENNYSYLVANIA ROAD
A SKY BLUE JAGUAR AND THUNDERBIRD FORD -
JAGUAR SITTING ON NINETY-NINE
TRYING TO BEAT THE 'BIRD TO THE COUNTY LINE
JUST A HALF A MILE FROM NEWTONVILLE
THERES A SPEED SIGN SET RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE HILL
IT SAID "THIRTY-FIVE MILES AND STAY IN LINE"
BUT THE JAGUAR AND THUNDERBIRD NEVER MADE THE SIGN
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NEWTONVILLE WAS A REAL SMALL TOWN
JUST A HUNDERED AND TWO AND NINE ACRES OF GROUND
SOME STOOL PIGEON PUT THE COUNTY SHERIFF WISE
SO HE PARKED DOWN IN NEWTONVILLE TO CATCH THE YOUNG GUYS
THE SHERIFF LAID LOW HALF HID IN THE WEED
HE SIT FOR EIGHT DAYS AIN'T NOBODY SPEED
A CLOUD OF DUST CAME APPEARING UP THE ROAD
HERE COME THE JAGUAR AND THUNDERBIRD FORD!
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THE SHERIFF DOUBLE CLUTCHED SECOND, PUT HIM IN THIRD,
TURNED AROUND AND WENT AFTER THE THUNDERBIRD
HE'S DUE TO GET A BONUS AND A BIG FAT FINE
IF HE CAN CATCH THEM BEFORE THAT COUNTY LINE
THE SHERIFF'S NEVER DONE MORE THAN A HUNDRED IN FACT,
AND IF HE AIMED TO GET THEM HE'D HAVE TO DO MORE THAN THAT
THE CREST OF THE HILL'S ABOUT A MILE BEHIND
THERE WERE THE TWO MORE MILES TO THE COUNTY LINE
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OLD SHERIFF HE WAS COUNTING ON THE DOWNWARD GRADE
AND WITH THE WIND IN BEHIND HIM, HE'D DO A HUNDRED IN THE SHADE
THE THUNDERBIRD SAW THE SHERIFF GAINING SPEED,
AND PUT HIS FOOT TO THE FLOOR AND MOVED UP TO THE LEAD
THE JAGUAR SAID "YOU AIN'T WON THE RACE YET!"
AND PULLED BACK AROUND THE BIRD LIKE A SABRE JET
THE SHERIFF'S DOING BETTER THAN A HUNDRED AND NINE
BUMPER TO BUMPER WITH THE 'BIRD AS THEY CROSSED THE LINE!
(Berry)
Performed by GUS' ROCKIN' UKULELE (and friends)