The Ballad of Lonnie Tate

way down on highway 108
deep within the dusty Lone Star State
high upon a hill a rocky bluff
there once lived a man named Lonnie Tate

not content to be merely tough
Lonnie Tate is made of sterner stuff
take his tractor driving style
which could be described as off the duff

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they don't make many men like this anymore
even Texas couldn't handle very many more

Lonnie may decide to drive a mile
then bail off his tractor and walk awhile
deep under water or on dry land
upon the road the ditch a tree or the Nile

sometimes neighbors stop and lend a hand
to pry him out and help him to stand
and here he stands and walks today
he's a Texan ya'll tall and grand

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