Comments on: The Ad that Launched a Revolution

By: R. Silvers

R. Silvers — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:46:57 +0000

My wife and I sing about 100 concerts a year to senior groups who love the old songs. One such song we sing is to the tune of “Let Me Call You Sweetheart.” The “revised” lyrics go like this (we don’t know the author, but one of our senior fans gave us these words and said they were popular back when):

“Let me call you Lizzie, I’m in debt for you,
Let me hear you rattle, like all good Fords do,
Keep your tail lights burning, and your headlights, too,
Let me call you Lizzie, I’m in debt for you.”

By: Ima Ryma

Ima Ryma — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 08:32:42 +0000

I got myself a Model T
To take the good Lord on the road.
I made the car a church to be
In rolling save the sinner mode.
Accessorized with steeple that
Would fold down, and an organ to
Add music to the fast format,
To crank the crowds as I drove through,
Spreading the word with zeal on wheel,
Sermonizing faith to inspire,
From my Tin Lizzie churchmobile,
With an occasional flat tire.

Lordy, Lordy. Lickety split.
Save more souls. Better step on it.

By: Roberta Allison

Roberta Allison — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 23:31:07 +0000

This was the year my father, Robert Larew, graduated from Marshall College. Wonder if Daddy got to ride in an automobile within that year….