roger miller
it happened just that way
Yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah A-well-a yeah yeah yeah yeah, it happened just that way  Well-a l was born in a boomer's shack 'bout that far from the railroad track Choo-choo rattled my window pane Sheet-iron roof tells me every time it rained  Yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah A-well-a yeah yeah yeah yeah, it happened just that way  I went to a one-room school Walked to and from the school I carried lunch in a paper sack It was one mile over and two miles back  Yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah A-well-a yeah yeah yeah yeah, it happened just that way  And now my brother worked hard in the grain Poppa drove a choo-choo train One sister was a righteous girl But the other 'un' was a woman of the world  Yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah A-well-a yeah yeah yeah yeah, it happened just that way