4-H Chicken Shack

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4-H Chicken Shack

I went to see my girlfriend at the West Tennessee Fair
I knew that she was going and I planned to me her there
She went there with her daddy; he’s as nice as he can be
But her mama went there too, and she doesn’t care for me
They arrived at the parking lot and my girlfriend ran away
And met me at the spot we planned earlier that day
She hurried through the gates and started to make tracks
To our secret meeting place at the 4-H Chicken Shack

Her mama started crying; all her daddy did was smile
He knew that they would find us if they looked a little while
Her mama looked around the quilts and embroidered towels
Her daddy looked around the hogs and he looked around the cows
Her brother ate a pronto pup and a fiddle stick
Cotton candy and funnel cakes until he got sick
They could have found us easily if they’d just stopped for a snack
And sat down at the tables in the 4-H Chicken Shack

They searched around the scrambler and the tilt-a-whirl
They searched around the loop-the –loop and the bearded girl
They searched around the bumper cars and the wishing well
They searched around the horses on the carousel
They searched around the shows that have the dancing lady
Her mama bought a t-shirt that said “Help me find my baby!”
Her daddy rode the Ferris wheel so he could see from front to back
It’s a good thing that they have a roof on the 4-H Chicken Shack

We could have rode the rides or seen the tractor pull
We could have sat up in the stands and watched them ride the bulls
We could have won a teddy bear or something just as great
By throwing rings at bottles or let them guess our weight
We could have looked at jellies or at an apple pie
But her mother might have seen us out of the corner of her eye
We almost did a lot of things but we wanted to get back
To holding hands and pitching woo at the 4-H Chicken Shack

We sat around for hours and it started to get late
I gave my girl a goodbye kiss and snuck out of the gate
She went and found her mother and she told her where she’d been
She said she just loves 4-H and hanging out with friends
She talked about the chicken. She talked about the slaw.
And the pork chop sandwich that’s so good, it should be against the law
But she didn’t tell her everything because she’d never get to go back
To meet me and to spend time at the 4-H Chicken Shack

Art Wheeler © 2013

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