Songs about model T’s

Paradise Garage · Post by **Paradise Garage** » Tue Jul 25, 2023 6:15 pm

Anyone know of any songs about or that mention model t’s only one I know of is Dixie bee line by uncle Dave macon

Post by **George House** » Tue Jul 25, 2023 6:28 pm

‘The Little Ford Rambled Right Along’

google it

Erik Johnson · Post by **Erik Johnson** » Tue Jul 25, 2023 8:11 pm

Erik Johnson · Post by **Erik Johnson** » Tue Jul 25, 2023 8:47 pm

Recordings on YouTube:

Poor Lizzie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaJc61XwstU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVjr3ebKjJ0

On the Back Seat of the Old Henry Ford:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7KdrzH4WtU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju2GdIL3M98

The Love Story of the Packard and the Ford (rendition of of sheet music melody)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3DjnC8g0nc

The Little Ford Rambled Right Along:
Billy Murray performing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUzxcApgdUc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L94ckvDT8Y

Arthur Fields performing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVnV82AfZlE

Henry's Made a Lady out of Lizzie - various recordings/performers

(I have a copy of this in my stack of shellac)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqcFPDRtQVQ

(I have a copy of this in my stack of shellac)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOw-qEIH-7M

for the folks across the pond
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6NgDjP6g-w

For the string band crowd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Uzo5YSrJ7g

A recent performance by a YouTuber
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RxbMgHPqoA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG_gInA_8BA

The Ford March and Two-Step - player piano roll
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dUZUCAUt-M

The New Ford Car (Model A)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTnSdXhA3f0

Since Henry Ford Apologized to Me (a sarcastic response to Henry Ford)
(I have a copy of this in my stack of shellac)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUuzecAM6n0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDw7L3PhnBk

(Hussey version above played on a period Brunswick Panatrope)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CShZFrFs_YM

Ann and Her Little Sedan
(I don't know if she owned a Model T - I have this in my stack of shellac)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I26NjlC29-w

Wayne Sheldon · Post by **Wayne Sheldon** » Tue Jul 25, 2023 9:04 pm

"On the Old Back Seat of the Henry Ford"

Another favorite is a song in part written by Al Jolson (one of my all-time favorite entertainers!). The music is wonderful. and the words great! It is basically about how country girls are better than city girls.
In it is a line, as a spoken 'aside', "You know, a country girl is just like a Ford, not very stylish but for service, OH LORD!"

Post by **Jerry VanOoteghem** » Tue Jul 25, 2023 9:25 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxO0dyCENEU

Post by **JohnM** » Wed Jul 26, 2023 12:29 am

Tons, if you have time to research. About or just a mention. Model T's are deeply planted in the subconscious of American culture, even if they don't know it.

Post by **dykker5502** » Wed Jul 26, 2023 3:08 am

Well, not a song but a monologue - and in Danish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xmmsfFJboY (it's dialect from North Zealand)

Post by **dlmyers** » Wed Jul 26, 2023 8:09 am

The song attached to “Katie across the nation day 1” is my favorite.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgIwUGaUbrM

Post by **Steve Jelf** » Wed Jul 26, 2023 9:57 am

In this one the Ford is the punch line.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uGyAzRjPsw

Post by **ABoer** » Wed Jul 26, 2023 10:59 am

Toon

Post by **Original Smith** » Thu Jul 27, 2023 10:13 am

I have a number or originals, plus other makes.

Post by **Moxie26** » Thu Jul 27, 2023 11:25 am

There is a original pressing of an Edison Diamond Disc record that is played on a 250 Diamond Disc phonograph at the Museum entitled "The Little Ford Rambled Right Along " ... And they also have the original pressing song sheet framed on the wall.

Erik Johnson · Post by **Erik Johnson** » Thu Jul 27, 2023 11:50 am

My father collects automobile sheet music.

By far, the most common piece found on eBay, in antique stores, and at estate sales and swap meets, etc. is "Get Out and Get Under." The only reason to collect multiple copies is if your are a completist and want to have all of the different performers whose photos were featured on the lower right hand corner of the cover.

"The Little Ford Rambled Right Along" is not particularly rare and also occasionally shows up.

Two months ago, I acquired up a copy of "Take Me Out in Your Buick" at the neighborhood Goodwill and gave it to my father.

"The Automobile Spin" published in 1899 is supposedly the very first U.S. song written about automobiles. My dad would love to have a copy as the cover features an 1899 Waverley Electric Dos-a-dos which is virtually identical to his 1900 Waverley Electric Dos-a-dos.

I am a casual collector of 78 rpm records. I pick up automobile songs when I find them. I've also picked up "Henry Ford's Old Time Dance Orchestra" records.

Post by **tmodeldriver** » Fri Jul 28, 2023 10:00 am

On you tube is a video about a T Model tour in Australia titled "T Model Movie 2017". The whole video is well worth watching but if you scroll over to 15:00 minutes you'll find my favorite T Model song of all time. I think the title is "Gonna Buy Me A Model T Ford". Give a listen, it's a great song.

Post by **Tadpole** » Fri Jul 28, 2023 3:27 pm

Always sang this one, "I bought me a Ford machine, filled it full o' gasoline, cranked it up but the dern thing got away. It got goin' 'fore I got in, now I own a pile o' tin, but e'ry month I step right up and pay."

Terry_007 · Post by **Terry_007** » Thu Aug 03, 2023 5:37 pm

Erik Johnson wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 27, 2023 11:50 am
My father collects automobile sheet music.

By far, the most common piece found on eBay, in antique stores, and at estate sales and swap meets, etc. is "Get Out and Get Under." The only reason to collect multiple copies is if your are a completist and want to have all of the different performers whose photos were featured on the lower right hand corner of the cover.

"The Little Ford Rambled Right Along" is not particularly rare and also occasionally shows up.

Two months ago, I acquired up a copy of "Take Me Out in Your Buick" at the neighborhood Goodwill and gave it to my father.

"The Automobile Spin" published in 1899 is supposedly the very first U.S. song written about automobiles. My dad would love to have a copy as the cover features an 1899 Waverley Electric Dos-a-dos which is virtually identical to his 1900 Waverley Electric Dos-a-dos.

I am a casual collector of 78 rpm records. I pick up automobile songs when I find them. I've also picked up "Henry Ford's Old Time Dance Orchestra" records.

Nice to learn of another collector! The earliest piece in my collection is British and was published in 1898 and I have a number of then published in subsequent years. I have a copy of "Automobile Spin" and it does seem to be one of the earliest US published piece featuring an automobile. I do have a couple of others published that same year though.

Terry_007 · Post by **Terry_007** » Thu Aug 03, 2023 5:55 pm

One of my favorite topics! Of all the things I collect (spark plugs, brass lamps, etc. etc. etc. perhaps my favorite is early sheet music featuring the automobile. I've collected for over 40 years and have amassed a collection of several hundred different pieces. My focus is pre-WWII with greatest emphasis on the very early large format pieces from turn-of-the-century up to the end of the Model A era. The graphic images on the covers is really what appeals to me most. I've posted examples periodically on the AACA discussion forum, but digging into my Model T ford stuff, here are a few not previously mentioned-