Boom Town
Listen:
Big big
news, the kind I like
Wildcatter
made an oil strike
I'm heading for the field to learn some more
Gonna
take me out a lease on that reservoir
There's black gold
gushing from the number one rig
You don't wanna miss this it's
gonna be big
Boom town boom town
We're
gonna build a boom town baby
Boom town boom town
We're
gonna build a boom town baby
There's a fortune to be found
Pumping
money from the ground
In our boom town boom town
We're
gonna build a boom town
Jobs jobs jobs for tough
young men
Hauling pipe and lumber in
Putting up
derricks, breaking down soil
Driving down drill bits, pumping
up oil
Come pitch your tent and earn your pay
Roustabouts
are starting out at six bucks a day in our
Chorus
Derricks
bloom like daisies; Popping up all over
Tanks are
overflowing; Spilling down the river
Oil fills every plate cup
and pitcher
Everybody's busy; Everybody's richer
Bang
bang bang our boom town grows
Now we've got two picture shows
Twelve
rooming houses, five pool halls
Restaurants built with wood
plank walls
The future of our city burns bright and clear
A
man'll be proud to raise a family here in our
Chorus
Tonkawa,
Garber, Glenpool, Tulsa, these are boom towns baby
Bartlesville,
Healdton, Drumright, and Oilton, these are boom towns baby
Shamrock,
Cromwell, Oklahoma City, Burbank, Cushing, Seminole, Wewoka
These
are boom towns baby; Oklahoma boom towns
Oklahoma boom towns,
baby; Gonna build a boom town
Gonna build a boom town baby;
Gonna build a boom town
© 2007 by
Monty Harper.
About This Song
This
song is available on the Get
a Clue CD.You can purchase this song directly from the artist!
This song is included in Monty's Oklahoma history assembly programs for K-5th grade.
This song was written for the 2007 summer library reading program theme in Oklahoma, celebrating our state's centennial birthday.
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