Song I Sing About Herndon to Annoy My Wife (Reston: high school, airport)

[Carlingtonian]

My wife will admit under duress that she grew up in Herndon in the '80s, when it was rural. (To newcomers: It is no longer thus.)

I like to sing this song to taunt her. Sometimes I can get one of our friends to join in with the orally simulated hillbilly musical instruments.

[Intro: Mouth harp/moonshine jug/banjo noises]

Herndon--Herndon High School:
Come & git yer learnin', or you'll end up like a fool.
Come on now, Herndon:
If you're discernin'--
If you got nothin' but overalls
And you won't venture past Great Falls;
If you need a place where you can scratch,
Yonder a piece, past the pumpkin patch:
Herndon!

[More simulated hillbilly sounds.]

Now I'm testifyin' and attestin'
That we got thangs that you can't git in Reston--
Like married if you're just 14,
Or drunk on fermented lima beans--
While you watch the airplines flyin' in
From an airport built by a crazy Finn.

DC's a place so many's gettin' spurned in--
But that ain't gonna happen if you in Herndon.
Butter tastes the best when it's been churned in
That little ole place that we all know as Herndon.
Burnt toast don't taste so bad if it's been burned in
A toaster in a kitchen here in Herndon.

[VRE332]

you need to get off this site and get back to work

[Carlingtonian]

Originally Posted by VRE332

you need to get off this site and get back to work

YOU go back to work. I'm off today.

[yamota]

Guess it's kinda like singing Hail to the Redskins in a bar in Dallas, only here, you don't get dragged out back and get your ass kicked

[Carlingtonian]

Originally Posted by yamota

Guess it's kinda like singing Hail to the Redskins in a bar in Dallas, only here, you don't get dragged out back and get your ass kicked

Oh, she's a good sport. It's all in good fun. (Obviously I've exaggerated and taken great liberties with the relality of the area, even of 25 years ago.)