A Vote from You - Jt's Song of the Week 2025-05-14

A VOTE FROM YOU
from "A Night at the Alamo with Davy Crockett"
Copyright © John thomas Oaks and Tommy Oaks, Caliora Music Publishing, ASCAP

WE WAS SITTIN’ ON THE PORCH
ON A LAZY SUMMER NIGHT
JUST A-TALKIN’ AND A-SPITTIN’ AND A-DRINKIN’
WHEN SOMEBODY SAID
THE ELECTION WAS A-COMIN’
AND THAT’S WHEN WE STARTED IN TO THINKIN’
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE THINKIN’
WAY OFF IN THE THICKET
IT SOUNDED LIKE THE LEGS
OF A TENNESSEE CRICKET
SAYIN’, “CR-K-T! CR-K-T! VOTE FOR CR-K-T!
“SEND DAVY ‘CR-K-T’ UP D.C. WAY!”

WELL, THE CRICKETS KEPT A-CHIRPIN’
THEN I HEARD ANOTHER SOUND
IN THE FOREST LIKE A ROARIN’ AND A SCREAMIN’
IT APPEARED THAT ALL THE ANIMALS
LIVIN’ NEARBY
WAS A-MEETIN’ WITH THE CRICKETS AND A-SCHEMIN’
TURNS OUT I WAS THEIR CANDIDATE OF CHOICE
THEY WERE CHECKIN’ THAT BALLOT WITH A SINGLE VOICE
SAYIN’, “CR-K-T! CR-K-T! VOTE FOR CR-K-T!
“SEND DAVY ‘CR-K-T’ UP D.C. WAY!”

THE GUINEA HENS CLUCKED IT:
“CR-CR-T! CR-CR-T!”
THE BEARS WAS A-GROWLIN’ IT:
“GRRO-GET! GRRO-GET!”
THE BULLFROGS CHUNKED IT:
“CROAK-IT! CROAK-IT!”
THE DOGS WAS A-HOWLIN IT:
“RRO-KIT! RRO-KIT!”

THE CHIRPIN’ AND THE CHEEPIN’
THE CAWIN’ AND THE CROWIN’
THE BARKIN’ AND THE MOOIN’
AND THE PURRIN’ AND THE LOWIN’
ALL THE CRITTERS CAST A VOTE
FOR YOU-KNOW-WHO
SO ALL I NEEDED
WAS A VOTE FROM YOU.

ALL THAT JAWIN’ AND A-YAKKIN’
AND CONFERRIN’ AND A-PATTERIN’
THE BLABBERIN’ AND BRAGGIN’
AND A-PREACHIN’ AND A CHATTERIN’
ALL THAT COAXIN’ AND A-RANTIN’
AND A-GABBIN’ AND DISCUSSIN’
THE BLATHER AND THE BLITHER
AND THE FIGHTIN’ AND THE FUSSIN’
TRYIN’ TO STAY AWAKE
THROUGH THE HULLABALOO
WAS JUST ABOUT MORE
THAN A MAN COULD DO

YOU’D NEED CHIRPIN’ AND A-CHEEPIN’
CAWIN’ AND A-CROWIN’
BARKIN’ AND A-MOOIN’
AND A-PURRIN’ AND A-LOWIN’

IF THE CRITTERS CAST A VOTE
FOR YOU-KNOW-WHO
THEN ALL I’D NEED’D BE
A VOTE FROM YOU!