Tuesday, April 01, 2008

A Quick Funny by Taylor

I know that I haven't posted in a while, and I actually have a ton of pictures of the kids to post from a little trip we took to St. Louis for Spring Break, but I just haven't had time to do that yet.  But I wanted to write a quick funny that Taylor said while we were sitting in the car waiting to pick up Parker from school.  There are always a few songs on some CD's of mine that Taylor loves to listen to over and over.  One of those songs is a good ol' flashback favorite of mine from the days of yore.  I have to say that I'm not really a country music fan, but there's been a few songs from that genre that I have loved, one being If You're Gonna Play In Texas You Gotta Have a Fiddle In The Band, by Alabama.  I have the song on a CD of songs Kevin and I have complied that we have bought the singles to which we have loved, mostly from the 80's and 90's.  While we sat waiting for Parker, we were listening to this great (brings back some major stake dance memories and really dates me) song by Alabama.  Following are the lyrics for your reading pleasure (be sure to sing it in your head as well):

If you're gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band
That lead guitar is hot but not for "Lousiana Man"
So rosin up that bow for "Faded Love" and let's all dance
If you're gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band
I remember down in Houston we were puttin' on a show
When a cowboy in the back stood up and yelled, "Cotton-Eyed Joe"!
He said, "We love what you're doin', boys don't get us wrong
There's just somethin' missin' in your song"
If you're gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band
That lead guitar is hot but not for "Lousiana Man"
So rosin up that bow for "Faded Love" and let's all dance
If you're gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band
So we dusted off our boots and put our cowboy hats on straight
Them Texans raised the roof when Jeff opened up his case
You say y'all all wanna two-step
You say ya wanna doe-si-doe
Well, here's your fiddlin' song before we go
If you're gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band
That lead guitar is hot but not for "Lousiana Man"
So rosin up that bow for "Faded Love" and let's all dance
If you're gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band
If you're gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band
That lead guitar is hot but not for "Lousiana Man"
So rosin up that bow for "Faded Love" and let's all dance
If you're gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band

Yes, back in MY youth stake dance days, this was a really popular song and when it would start playing everyone would grab a partner and start square dancing!  But back to the funny thing Taylor said in the car.  Out of the blue he said while listening to this song that he LOVES, "Mom, when the cowboys wake up, do they always hear this song?"  He also said, "When can we go to Texas to hear the cowboys sing this song?"  As if that wasn't enough to really crack me up, (and I tried my best to answer his questions) Taylor added when the song got to the part I've highlighted above, Well, here's your fiddlin' song before we go, "Mom, Where are the cowboys going?" (It took me a minute to even figure out where that one was coming from as the song played on and I asked him where that came from and he said, "it says here's your song before we go, where are they going?")  Silly Taylor, except that he was dead serious!  

I'm telling you this little Taylor of ours is quite the thinker.  I wish I could remember all the funny questions he asks me, usually when we're driving in the car.  I will try harder to remember them AND write them down as I did this one.

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Rough Em Up Cowboy T!  (Taylor loves to dress up!  One day I looked over at him and hadn't even realized he was sitting on his "horse" with his boots and hat on and ropin' his horse!)

2 comments:

Michelle said...

what a CUTIE!! i love his little cowboy duds! i can't say that song brought back any stake dance memories for me, though...wonder why we missed out on it? ;)

i can't wait to hear about your trip to st. louis! we loved it there!

familywithfivekids said...

I love that song too! The stories you shared are hilarious - that is what I love about blogs, a place we can record all the great moments of childhood!