ITS BEGINNING TO GET NEAR THAT TIME OF THE YEAR
WHEN PUMPKINS ARE COMING OUT OF THE PATCH,
PUT ON A FLANNEL SHIRT AND COME JOIN IN THE FUN
GET OUT THE TRACTOR AND WAGON - UNFASTEN THE BARN DOOR LATCH.

GOING TO LOAD UP THE WAGON WITH FLAT BALES OF HAY
THE MOON PROMISES TO SHINE EXTRA BRIGHT,
WE'LL LOAD UP AND SIT REAL TIGHT
GOING TO HAVE SOME REAL COUNTRY FUN TONIGHT.

LINE THE BALES ALL AROUND THE EDGE
THERE MIGHT BE A HIDDEN BRIAR TO SCRATCH OUR RUMPS,
THE OLD TRACTOR WILL ROLL ALONG THE HIGHWAY
YOU WON'T FALL OFF - SHOULDN'T BE ANY BUMPS.

AS WE GO DOWN A WINDING COUNTRY ROAD
WE MIGHT SING AT THE TOP OF OUR LUNGS,
DON'T WANT TO SCARE ANYBODY
THEY MIGHT SHOOT AT US WITH THEIR LOADED GUNS.

WE'LL JUST LAUGH, GIGGLE AND HAVE FUN
AS WE GO ROLLING ALONG REAL SLOW,
WAVE AND SMILE AT EVERYBODY WHO PASSES US
JUST MIGHT BE SOMEBODY WE KNOW.

HAY RIDES ARE FOR COUNTRY FOLKS
WE LOVE TO GO ON MOON LITE NIGHTS FOR A RIDE,
BOUNCING AND SWAYING WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE WAGON
SNUGGLED UP CLOSE SITTING THERE SIDE BY SIDE.

AFTER A DISTANCE DOWN A STRETCH OF BACK ROAD
WE START BACK WHERE WE HAD TRAVELED BEFORE,
WE HAVE TO START BACK TOWARDS HOME
EVERYBODY AGREES WE'D LOVE TO RIDE MORE.

DIDN'T COST HARDLY A DIME TO GO FOR A LITTLE FUN
SO IF IT DOESN'T RAIN NEXT SATURDAY NIGHT,
WE'LL MEET AND GO ON ANOTHER HAY-RIDE
SURE HOPE THAT OLD MOON SHINES JUST RIGHT.

WE MIGHT EVEN HAVE A HOE-DOWN IN THE BARN
WE'LL GATHER ABOUT DUST - GET AN EARLY START,
MAYBE SOME NEIGHBORS WILL PLAY SOME OLD TIME MUSIC
WE'LL SING AND SQUARE DANCE AND DO OUR PART !

SO IF YOU'RE FREE ON SATURDAY NIGHT
AND YOU DON'T HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO DO,
COME JOIN IN ALL THE FUN
COUNTRY FOLKS WILL ALWAYS WELCOME YOU.


Written...........August 20, 2008
I have been on a few hay rides, just rambling around on a farm wagon
loaded around the edge with bales of hay and pulled by a tractor. A
truck won't do. It isn't country living then. Where I live, people
love to do this.....it is a tradition. Every fall you see hay rides
going around on back roads, people waving and smiling. Just out for
a fun time.......often it is church groups that have gathered.


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