The Ford Barn

GB SISSON · 12-31-2015, 08:48 PM

With apologies to Rodgers and Hammerstein and Julie Andrews....

Ancient Ford pickups with bias ply tires,
Real flathead engines and cloth covered wires,
Full floating axles with overload springs,
These are a few of my favorite things.

Flatbeds and flaresides with 6 volt ignitions,
Bench seats and cab lights and crash box transmissions,
Faded out paintjobs without any bling,
These are a few of my favorite things

Wheels with stock hubcaps and unaltered dashes,
NOS fenders without cracks or bashes'
Mufflers and tailpipes not tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things

When the clutch slips, when the seal drips
When I'm feeling sad,
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don't feel so Sad,
And then I don't feeeeel so bad.......

fourfords · 12-31-2015, 09:05 PM

Very entertaining! Well done! Can you do one to "Smoke on the water?" "We all came out to Hershey.........."

GB SISSON · 12-31-2015, 09:11 PM

With apologies to Deep Purple?

Mike in AZ · 12-31-2015, 09:13 PM

love it.....thanks for sharing....lol....Mike

39topless · 12-31-2015, 09:17 PM

Way cool. Thanks

GB SISSON · 12-31-2015, 09:31 PM

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Did this on FTE about 3 years ago and many chimed in with verses of their own..... Just sayin' and we all have our own 'favorite things'.

Graeme / New Zealand · 12-31-2015, 10:23 PM

Fantastic.....can you do any "Motorhead"

GB

GB SISSON · 12-31-2015, 10:44 PM

Perhaps I'm the only 'motorhead' that likes musicals......

Back in the old days musicals like South Pacific, White Christmas and later, West Side Story were enjoyed by returning home GIs who saved the world from the hideous axis menace. I pretty much missed the music of the 80s because I was living in a one room cabin in the deep woods raising 4 kids. That goes a long way towards explaining my nerdiness.

mhsprecher · 01-01-2016, 12:10 AM

Terrific!

JSeery · 01-01-2016, 01:00 AM

My wife, the poet, read this. She says it's good! She is much better on that topic that I am!!!

GB SISSON · 01-01-2016, 01:21 AM

I'm thinking you posted this exactly at midnight in Witchita, but it's just past ten here and I'm headin' for Snoresville. PS my wife got a Glen Campbell CD for Christmas which included his best ever... Witchita Lineman. zzzzzzzzzzzz over n out.

Graeme / New Zealand · 01-01-2016, 03:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GB SISSON

I'm thinking you posted this exactly at midnight in Witchita, but it's just past ten here and I'm headin' for Snoresville. PS my wife got a Glen Campbell CD for Christmas which included his best ever... Witchita Lineman. zzzzzzzzzzzz over n out.

Galveston for me... Wide taste in music from Country through to heavy metal ( Motorhead, Iron Maiden) and liking musicals does not make you a "nerd". Infact any music with the exception of "rap crap" and this poor excuse for music today that you see on the music channels that relies on scantily cladded girls wiggling their tushes to sell the stuff...ok to look at I suppose but totally talentless, the majority of them.

GB

corvette8n · 01-01-2016, 07:30 AM

Love it, pretty clever.

Jim Huseby · 01-01-2016, 02:23 PM

You're not the only one that likes old musicals. Your composition stirred some genuine emotion.

Mafman · 01-01-2016, 05:06 PM

Love it! We have some of the same favorite things!

zzlegend · 01-01-2016, 06:07 PM

I don't think anybody can sing it better than this.

listen to this quite often in my house. But yours is definitely up there.

Nice job.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-gHfK2JseU

GB SISSON · 01-01-2016, 09:02 PM

Gotta say Barbara has it goin' on on that one. I sing it more like Julie Andrews.

We saw the movie in about '65 when I was a kid in Seattle at the Martin Cinerama. My mom always bought the album from all the movies we saw. I can still remember being half way home from school and mom had the windows wide open, the hi-fi blarin' with the latest musical, bottle of seagrams on the kitchen counter and me hoping none of the other kids could see her dancing in front of the living room window. About ten years later she started in AA and 50 years atfer she is still a kick in the A$$. She was always an awesome mom. I'm glad they took me along with them to the current movies. How about it's a mad mad mad world? Don't get much better than that.

zzlegend · 01-01-2016, 09:24 PM

Good for mom GB. Funny how some things we always remember growing up. Sounds like you got a great mom for sure. A mad mad mad mad world,,,,,,,,,,,,,,ya. I remember when I was 17 going to the show when that first came out. Excellent humor and a great cast of characters. Just watched it last week on TCM.

GB SISSON · 01-01-2016, 09:29 PM

A veritable who's who of comedians in our generation. My kids rolled there eyes when we put it on the vhs in the 90's....They were crying with laughter after about a half hour. Duh

GB SISSON · 01-01-2016, 09:35 PM

We weren't the Waltons, but I bought my first of 3 model AA 1 1/2 tons when I was 19. My inner self wanted musta wanted to be a Walton as my Dad and I watched it every week..... Never happened...... My mom is a spritely 86 and my dad died at 52 back in '79

12-31-2015, 08:48 PM	#1
GB SISSON Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Orcas Island Washington Posts: 5,881	a few of 'My Favorite Things' With apologies to Rodgers and Hammerstein and Julie Andrews.... Ancient Ford pickups with bias ply tires, Real flathead engines and cloth covered wires, Full floating axles with overload springs, These are a few of my favorite things. Flatbeds and flaresides with 6 volt ignitions, Bench seats and cab lights and crash box transmissions, Faded out paintjobs without any bling, These are a few of my favorite things Wheels with stock hubcaps and unaltered dashes, NOS fenders without cracks or bashes' Mufflers and tailpipes not tied up with strings These are a few of my favorite things When the clutch slips, when the seal drips When I'm feeling sad, I simply remember my favorite things And then I don't feel so Sad, And then I don't feeeeel so bad....... __________________ Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1946 Tonner Pickup with 226 H six, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, now wearing 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)

12-31-2015, 09:05 PM	#2
fourfords Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Lake Elsinore, CA. Posts: 476	Re: a few of 'My Favorite Things' Very entertaining! Well done! Can you do one to "Smoke on the water?" "We all came out to Hershey.........."

12-31-2015, 09:11 PM	#3
GB SISSON Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Orcas Island Washington Posts: 5,881	Re: a few of 'My Favorite Things' With apologies to Deep Purple? __________________ Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1946 Tonner Pickup with 226 H six, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, now wearing 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)

12-31-2015, 09:13 PM	#4
Mike in AZ Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Waddell, AZ Posts: 2,540	Re: a few of 'My Favorite Things' love it.....thanks for sharing....lol....Mike

12-31-2015, 09:17 PM	#5
39topless Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 1,027	Re: a few of 'My Favorite Things' Way cool. Thanks

12-31-2015, 09:31 PM	#6
GB SISSON Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Orcas Island Washington Posts: 5,881	Re: a few of 'My Favorite Things' Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Did this on FTE about 3 years ago and many chimed in with verses of their own..... Just sayin' and we all have our own 'favorite things'. __________________ Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1946 Tonner Pickup with 226 H six, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, now wearing 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)

12-31-2015, 10:23 PM	#7
Graeme / New Zealand Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Lower Hutt , New Zealand Posts: 2,154	Re: a few of 'My Favorite Things' Fantastic.....can you do any "Motorhead" GB __________________ "you can't make honey out of dog sh*t" "You're a long time looking at the lid"

12-31-2015, 10:44 PM	#8
GB SISSON Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Orcas Island Washington Posts: 5,881	Re: a few of 'My Favorite Things' Perhaps I'm the only 'motorhead' that likes musicals...... Back in the old days musicals like South Pacific, White Christmas and later, West Side Story were enjoyed by returning home GIs who saved the world from the hideous axis menace. I pretty much missed the music of the 80s because I was living in a one room cabin in the deep woods raising 4 kids. That goes a long way towards explaining my nerdiness. __________________ Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1946 Tonner Pickup with 226 H six, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, now wearing 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)

01-01-2016, 12:10 AM	#9
mhsprecher Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Takoma Park, MD Posts: 2,963	Re: a few of 'My Favorite Things' Terrific!

01-01-2016, 01:00 AM	#10
JSeery Member Emeritus Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Wichita KS Posts: 16,132	Re: a few of 'My Favorite Things' My wife, the poet, read this. She says it's good! She is much better on that topic that I am!!!

01-01-2016, 01:21 AM	#11
GB SISSON Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Orcas Island Washington Posts: 5,881	Re: a few of 'My Favorite Things' I'm thinking you posted this exactly at midnight in Witchita, but it's just past ten here and I'm headin' for Snoresville. PS my wife got a Glen Campbell CD for Christmas which included his best ever... Witchita Lineman. zzzzzzzzzzzz over n out. __________________ Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1946 Tonner Pickup with 226 H six, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, now wearing 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)

01-01-2016, 07:30 AM	#13
corvette8n Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: 36 miles north of Albany NY Posts: 3,198	Re: a few of 'My Favorite Things' Love it, pretty clever.

01-01-2016, 02:23 PM	#14
Jim Huseby Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 361	Re: a few of 'My Favorite Things' You're not the only one that likes old musicals. Your composition stirred some genuine emotion.

01-01-2016, 05:06 PM	#15
Mafman Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 146	Re: a few of 'My Favorite Things' Love it! We have some of the same favorite things! __________________ James Johnson 1928 Special Coupe, 1930 Tudor Sedan, & 1939 Deluxe Fordor

01-01-2016, 06:07 PM	#16
zzlegend Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Reseda, Calif. Posts: 2,191	Re: a few of 'My Favorite Things' I don't think anybody can sing it better than this. listen to this quite often in my house. But yours is definitely up there. Nice job. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-gHfK2JseU

01-01-2016, 09:02 PM	#17
GB SISSON Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Orcas Island Washington Posts: 5,881	Re: a few of 'My Favorite Things' Gotta say Barbara has it goin' on on that one. I sing it more like Julie Andrews. We saw the movie in about '65 when I was a kid in Seattle at the Martin Cinerama. My mom always bought the album from all the movies we saw. I can still remember being half way home from school and mom had the windows wide open, the hi-fi blarin' with the latest musical, bottle of seagrams on the kitchen counter and me hoping none of the other kids could see her dancing in front of the living room window. About ten years later she started in AA and 50 years atfer she is still a kick in the A$$. She was always an awesome mom. I'm glad they took me along with them to the current movies. How about it's a mad mad mad world? Don't get much better than that. __________________ Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1946 Tonner Pickup with 226 H six, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, now wearing 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)

01-01-2016, 09:24 PM	#18
zzlegend Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Reseda, Calif. Posts: 2,191	Re: a few of 'My Favorite Things' Good for mom GB. Funny how some things we always remember growing up. Sounds like you got a great mom for sure. A mad mad mad mad world,,,,,,,,,,,,,,ya. I remember when I was 17 going to the show when that first came out. Excellent humor and a great cast of characters. Just watched it last week on TCM.

01-01-2016, 09:29 PM	#19
GB SISSON Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Orcas Island Washington Posts: 5,881	Re: a few of 'My Favorite Things' A veritable who's who of comedians in our generation. My kids rolled there eyes when we put it on the vhs in the 90's....They were crying with laughter after about a half hour. Duh __________________ Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1946 Tonner Pickup with 226 H six, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, now wearing 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)

01-01-2016, 09:35 PM	#20
GB SISSON Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Orcas Island Washington Posts: 5,881	Re: a few of 'My Favorite Things' We weren't the Waltons, but I bought my first of 3 model AA 1 1/2 tons when I was 19. My inner self wanted musta wanted to be a Walton as my Dad and I watched it every week..... Never happened...... My mom is a spritely 86 and my dad died at 52 back in '79 __________________ Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1946 Tonner Pickup with 226 H six, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, now wearing 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)