You Drove a Buick

DESCRIPTION: Bill and the singer court Suzy Brown in their various cars: "You drove a Buick, a big yellow Buick, and I drove a little tin Ford," but when Bill and Suzy drive by and guy him, the land in a mudhole, and need the singer to pull them out with his Ford
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1952 (Browne-AlabamaFolkLyric)
KEYWORDS: technology courting derivative humorous
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Browne-AlabamaFolkLyric 151, "You Drove a Buick" (1 short text)
Pankake/Pankake-PrairieHomeCompanionFolkSongBook, p. 157, "You Drove Your Buick" (1 text, tune referenced)
Roud #11350
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "When You Wore a Tulip" (tune, source of parody) and references there
File: Brne151

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