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Oh, the 12 Elan goes bang, bang, bang,
Oh, the 12 Elan goes bump!
Oh, the 12 Elan goes tumpity, tumpity,
But most times she goes clunk!
Snowmobiles are made in many sizes and colours, too,
Bombardier's Elan is best, it's a twelve horsepower skidoo;
Mine cost six hundred dollars in 1982,
It's easy to fix, parts are cheap, and doesn't burn much fuel!
Oh, the 12 Elan goes bang, bang, bang,
Oh, the 12 Elan goes bump!
Oh, the 12 Elan goes tumpity, tumpity,
B'fang, b'fang, habber d' habber,
But most times she goes clunk!
Her hood is stitched with wire, and her windshield is tied on,
Her spark plug runs on the lighting coil, she's wired up all wrong!
I taped a flashlight on her hood because the headlight's gone,
And the muffler bolts are all stripped out,
And the track is stretched too long!
Oh, the 12 Elan goes bang, bang, bang,
Oh, the 12 Elan goes bump!
Oh, the 12 Elan goes tumpity, tumpity,
B'fang, b'fang, habber d' habber,
Toppity bim, toppity bim, topp, topp, topp,
But most times she goes clunk!
She's welded, bolted, grinded, modified and changed,
Scarce a thing that's on her is original or the same;
Her 12 horsepower motor's got new bearings, seals, and rings,
And her bogey wheel suspension got at least three brand new springs.
Oh, the 12 Elan goes bang, bang, bang,
Oh, the 12 Elan goes bump!
Oh, the 12 Elan goes tumpity, tumpity,
B'fang, b'fang, habber d' habber,
Toppity bim, toppity bim, topp, topp, topp,
T't't'tump, t't't'tump,
But most times she goes clunk!
I use her getting firewood, she'd haul some awful loads,
And when them big machines bog down she gives them all a tow;
I can lift her, she don't need reverse, there's no place she can't go,
She's been shot, mistaken for a moose, because she was so slow.
Oh, the 12 Elan goes bang, bang, bang,
Oh, the 12 Elan goes bump!
Oh, the 12 Elan goes tumpity, tumpity,
B'fang, b'fang, habber d' habber,
Toppity bim, toppity bim, topp, topp, topp,
T't't'tump, t't't'tump,
Bzzzzzzz, cough, cough, cough!
But most times she goes clunk!
So I brought her down for a trade-in on a big new sleek skidoo,
"An even swap," I told them, "Any old one for your new."
They said, "Ten thousand dollars." Say's I, "B'ys, have a clue!"
"You'll have to offer more than that for the 12 Elan Skidoo."
Oh, the 12 Elan goes bang, bang, bang,
Oh, the 12 Elan goes bump!
Oh, the 12 Elan goes tumpity, tumpity,
B'fang, b'fang, habber d' habber,
Toppity bim, toppity bim, topp, topp, topp,
T't't'tump, t't't'tump,
Bzzzzzzz, cough, cough, cough!
Ging ga ging ga, ging, ging....
[All]: But most times she goes....
Ninety mile an hour - ya right!
