Here you go Rick!!!!!

[Carli Drake]

I was on the outskirts of a little southern town. Trying to reach my destination,

before the sun went down. The old CB was blaring away on channel one-nine.

When there came a little boy's voice on the radio line.



And he said "Breaker one-nine, is anyone there? Come on back truckers and talk to

Teddy Bear." Well I keyed the mike and said, "you got it Teddy Bear." and a little

boy's voice came back on the air.



"I appreciate the break. Who we got on that end?" I told him my handle, and then

he began. "Now I'm not supposed to bother you fellows out there. Mom says

you're busy, and for me to stay off the air.



But you see.... I get lonely and it helps to talk. because that's about all I can do. I'm

crippled, And I can't walk." I came back and told him to fire up that mike, and i'd

talk to him, as long as he liked.



"This was my dad's radio," the little boy said. "But I guess it's mine and mom's

now because my daddy's dead." "Dad had a wreck about a month ago. He was

trying to get home in a blinding snow".



"Mom has to work now, to make ends meet. and I'm not much help with my two

crippled feet." "She says not to worry, that we'll make it alright. But I hear her

crying sometimes late at night."



"You know there's one thing I want more than anything else to see. Aw, I know

you guys are too busy to bother with me." "You see, my dad used to take me for

rides when he was home. But.... I guess that's all over now since my daddy's



gone." Not one breaker came on the old CB. as that little crippled boy talked with me. I

tried hard to swallow a lump that just wouldn't stay down. As I thought about my

boy back in Greenville Town.



"Dad was going to take mom and me with him Later on this year. Why I remember

him saying, "someday this old truck will be yours Teddy Bear."



"I know I'll never get to ride an eighteen wheeler again, but this old base will keep

me in touch, with all my trucker friends." "Teddy Bear's gonna back on out now

and leave you alone. Because it's about time for mom to come home."



"You give me a shout when you're passin' through, And i'll sure be happy to come

back to you". Well I came back and I said, "Uh...Before you go ten-ten, what's

your home twenty little CB friend?"



Well he gave me his address, and I didn't once hesitate. Because this hot load of

freight, was just gonna have to wait. I turned that truck around on a dime, and

headed straight for Jackson Street 229.



And as I rounded the corner, oh I got one heck of a shock. Eighteen wheelers were

lined up for three city blocks. Why I guess every driver for miles around had caught

Teddy Bear's call. And that little crippled boy was having a ball.



And buddy if I never live to see happiness again, I want you to know. I saw it that

day in the face of that little man. We took up a collection for him before his mama

got home. Each driver said goodbye, and then they all were gone.



He shook my hand with a mile long grin, and said "so long trucker I'll catch ya

again." Well I hit the Interstate with tears in my eyes, I turned on the radio and I

got another surprise.



Breaker one-nine Came a voice on the air. "Just one word of thanks from Mama

Teddy Bear. We wish each and every one a special prayer for you. Because you

just made my little boy's dream come true. I'll sign off now, before I start to cry.

May God ride with ya ten-four, and goodbye."



~Red Sovine~

 

[Greg Meyer]

Oh Thank You...

 

[TrepMan]

OK Carli, I remember that too, loved it! Dad traved in sales in the 70's and we had a Base Station so we could track him



Who's got the words to these 2:



- The Convoy song.

- Smokey and the Bandit's one that starts "South bound and down, loaded up and truckin, we're gonna do what they say can't be done..."

 

[Mark Hofman]

I've got the lyrics to Convoy, and the follow up song "'Round the World with a Rubber Duck". Ya want me to post them here?

 

[TrepMan]

Mo either post it or email it to me!

 

[Mark Hofman]

Was the dark of the moon on the sixth of June

In a Kenworth pullin' logs

Cab-over Pete with a reefer on

And a Jimmy haulin' hogs

We is headin' for bear on I-one-oh

'Bout a mile outta Shaky Town

I says, "Pig Pen, this here's the Rubber Duck.

"And I'm about to put the hammer down."



[Chorus]

'Cause we got a little convoy

Rockin' through the night.

Yeah, we got a little convoy,

Ain't she a beautiful sight?

Come on and join our convoy

Ain't nothin' gonna get in our way.

We gonna roll this truckin' convoy

'Cross the U-S-A.

Convoy!



"Ah, breaker, Pig Pen, this here's the Duck. And, you wanna back off them hogs? Yeah, 10-4, 'bout five mile or so. Ten, roger. Them hogs is gettin' in-tense up here."



By the time we got into Tulsa Town,

We had eighty-five trucks in all.

But they's a roadblock up on the cloverleaf,

And them bears was wall-to-wall.

Yeah, them smokies is thick as bugs on a bumper;

They even had a bear in the air!

I says, "Callin' all trucks, this here's the Duck.

"We about to go a-huntin' bear."



'Cause we got a great big convoy

Rockin' through the night.

Yeah, we got a great big convoy,

Ain't she a beautiful sight?

Come on and join our convoy

Ain't nothin' gonna get in our way.

We gonna roll this truckin' convoy

'Cross the U-S-A.

Convoy!



"Ah, you wanna give me a 10-9 on that, Pig Pen? Negatory, Pig Pen; you're still too close. Yeah, them hogs is startin' to close up my sinuses. Mercy sakes, you better back off another ten."



Well, we rolled up Interstate 44

Like a rocket sled on rails.

We tore up all of our swindle sheets,

And left 'em settin' on the scales.

By the time we hit that Chi-town,

Them bears was a-gettin' smart:

They'd brought up some reinforcements

From the Illinoise National Guard.

There's armored cars, and tanks, and jeeps,

And rigs of ev'ry size.

Yeah, them chicken coops was full'a bears

And choppers filled the skies.

Well, we shot the line and we went for broke

With a thousand screamin' trucks

An' eleven long-haired Friends a' Jesus

In a chartreuse micra-bus.



"Ah, Rubber Duck to Sodbuster, come over. Yeah, 10-4, Sodbuster? Lissen, you wanna put that micra-bus in behind that suicide jockey? Yeah, he's haulin' dynamite, and he needs all the help he can get."



Well, we laid a strip for the Jersey shore

And prepared to cross the line

I could see the bridge was lined with bears

But I didn't have a dog-goned 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 doing ninety-eight

I says "Let them truckers roll, 10-4."



'Cause we got a mighty convoy

Rockin' through the night.

Yeah, we got a mighty convoy,

Ain't she a beautiful sight?

Come on and join our convoy

Ain't nothin' gonna get in our way.

We gonna roll this truckin' convoy

'Cross the U-S-A.



"Ah, 10-4, Pig Pen, what's your twenty? OMAHA? Well, they oughta know what to do with them hogs out there fer shure. Well, mercy sakes, good buddy, we gonna back on outta here, so keep the bugs off your glass and 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."

 

[TrepMan]

MO - brought a tear to my eye, my brother (who passed away last January) and I LOVED that song and used to play it on 8-track in my 75 honda civic all the time!



Thanks Good Buddie, 10-10 on the side...

 

[Mark Hofman]

My younger brother and me shared a room growin' up, and we used to take turns staying awake at night listening to our AM clock radio, tuned to KUBC in Montrose, Colorado, waiting for Convoy to come on. Then the one of us that was awake would shake the other one so we could both listen.



It was our favorite (along with all the other songs on that album about Colorado, 'cuz that's our neck of the woods and my folks knew ol' C.W. McCall personally).



Glad to share it again here.

 

[TrepMan]

OK now the question MO - what do you do that you have ALL these files and pictures lying around and can post all day! I want that job. Oh, wait I already do! LOL

 

[Mark Hofman]

Oh, there are days when I don't have the luxury (or the speed and convenience of a T1 line) to fiddle around on the net. Today is a "down time" day and I'm just holdin' down the fort, so to speak. I leave tomorrow for a week of vacation, so my desk is virtually cleared.



But as part of my job, I've been trained in online research, and it's amazing what kinds of useless junk you can find quickly if you know how to look. Hardly any of the stuff I post is on my own computer (except personal photos, of course).



If it's annoying, just tell me and I'll stop.

 

[TrepMan]

Keep it comming. Where you going on Vacation? We're leaving on Sunday for a week at my folks in AZ.

 

[Mark Hofman]

Branson, MO.



Table Rock Lake

Bull Shoals

Lake Taneycomo



What's the song? "I can go for miles and miles and miles and miles."



Arizona in late June? Are you CRAZY????? Oh, yeah, you live in Georgia.



Don't light no fires when you're out there.