Which Way Wheatland

 

Wagon wheels marked the way in ruts

The Pioneers plight

 

Wooden wheeled wagons drawn by oxen

Then by mules and horses

Carried their loads

            At first Pioneers with their possessions

            Then wheat and water

            And later peaches and pears

 

Aw, but with the way west went

The wooden wheels

On to rubber.

The steel wheels went to rails.

 

With the rails went the hops, the Wobblies

And then the wool.

 

The rubber hit the road

And with it

Rows of almonds, prunes, and walnuts.

 

Wheatland weathered the changes

Due to wind and water and weeds

 

But with water and wells and wiers

Came wealth and worth

 

The wheels keep turning

Wheels now belonging to

Wheeled weapons

And they

Are now whipping our woods

And roadways

According to developers wishes

 

Wheatland, which wheels will we run on

 

Which Way Wheatland

 

                                                                       rap 2007