Date:         Sun, 13 Jan 2002 22:18:07 -0500
Reply-To:     Greg Marshall <earthboy@ROGERS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Greg Marshall <earthboy@ROGERS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Generation span of the  list..........
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Count me among the youngsters on the list.. I'm 23 now (soon to be 24),
and bought my van when I was 19.

Greg.
82 Westy.  When it was built, I was 4.


Joel Walker wrote:

> > I can remember my parents and grandmother mentioning a song that was
> popular in the
> > early days of the horseless carriage, something about "Get out and
> get under...".
> > Anybody know the words? Could be a theme song for the Vanagon.
>
> there was a song called "He'd have to get under - get out and get
> under - to fix his automobile" written back around the first world
> war.
>
> here it is ... if you wanna hear it, go to
> http://www.polyholiday.com/century/1913.html
> and download the mp3 version(but it's pretty big, and not too good
> quality ... probably recorded from some old 78rpm vinyl records). :)
>
> He'd have to get under - get out and get under -
> to fix his automobile!
> © 1913 Maurice Abrahams, Grant Clarke, and Edgar Leslie
>
> Johnny O'Connor bought an automobile
> He took his sweetheart for a ride one Sunday
> Johnny was decked out in his best Sunday clothes
> She nestled close to his side
> Things went just dandy till he got down the road
> Then something happened to the old machinery
> That engine got his goat, off went his hat and coat
> Everything needed repairs
>
> He'd have to get under, get out and get under
> To fix his little machine
> He was just dying to cuddle his queen
> But every minute when he'd begin it
> He'd have to get under, get out and get under
> Then he'd get back at the wheel
> A dozen times they'd start to hug and kiss
> And then the darned old engine, it would miss
> And then he'd have to get under, get out and get under
> And fix up his automobile
>
> Millionaire Wilson said to Johnny one day
> "Your little sweetheart don't appreciate you
> I have a daughter who is hungry for love
> She likes to ride, by the way"
> Johnny had visions of a million in gold
> He took her riding in his little auto
> But every time that he went to say, "Marry me!"
> 'Twas the old story again.
>
> He'd have to get under, get out and get under
> To fix his little machine
> He was just dying to cuddle his queen
> But every minute when he'd begin it
> He'd have to get under, get out and get under
> Then he'd get back at the wheel
> A dozen times they'd start to hug and kiss
> And then the darned old engine, it would miss
> And then he'd have to get under, get out and get under
> And fix up his automobile