Alan Jackson, a country singer, had a hit a few years back about a truck
driver's love for his cornbread and chicken. "Where I Come From". Mentions a
bobtail rig. I wondered what that was and did some research, which I now don't
recall at all, and discovered it was the tractor without the trailer. I like
lorry donkey. So descriptive.
Well I was headed home on 65
somewhere around Kentucky
The CB rang for the bobtail rig
that's rollin' on like thunder
Well I answered him and he asked me
Aren't you from out in Tulsa
No, but you might'a seen me there
I just dropped a load of salsa
--Bob
On Mar 10, 2013, at 11:55 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
> Yes, sorry. It was the name from my childhood; I'd call it the tractor now.
> But bobtail or bobtail rig? What a great name, and I recognise it from a
> song, somewhere.
>
> Chris
>
> On 8 Mar 2013, at 19:29, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> My guess is it refers to what we would call the tractor, sometimes known in
>> country songs as bobtail or bobtail rig.
>>
>>
>> On Mar 8, 2013, at 9:01 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>
>>> Mine too... assuming I can divine the meaning of lorry donkey. :-)
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