Stompin’ Tom Conners was a Canadian folk singer-songwriter, and this was the third track on the A side of the LP My Stompin’ Grounds, which was released in 1971. Although he had many hits during his career, this one stands out as one of the very few songs ever released about snowmobiling.

The Snowmobile Song
Charles Thomas “Stompin’ Tom” Connors
(February 9, 1936 – March 6, 2013)

It’s Wintertime and the weather’s fine
The snow on the woods and field when I reveal, my snowmobile
Thrill by thrill by gully n’ hill
Baby it’ll make ya feel like an outdoor meal, on a snowmobile

Listen to the sound when the belts go ’round
When the winter carnival’s here
And oh what fun at the crack of the gun
When the whole gang disappears

The race is on from the bush to the pond
And back where the judges feel
You’ve won their seal, for the snowmobile
You’ve won their seal, for the snowmobile

Where skiers ski, and skaters be, and snowshoes lend appeal
Like a bogie wheel, on a snowmobile
We tip the glass to the northern lass for she won’t let ya kneel
She’d rather squeal, on a snowmobile

You’re off to the town when the word goes ’round
It’s winter carnival time
In goggles, boots, and a snow-proof suit your sweetheart’s on your mind

You win the race and you see her face and you know that she must feel
You’ve won their seal, for the snowmobile
You’ve won their seal, for the snowmobile

Now down the street you can hear the beat
And the clickin’ of the dancer’s heel
When the fiddlers peel, off a ragtime reel

You dance and tare with an “I don’t care”
On the way back home you’ll wheel
Over hill and field, on a snowmobile

Through the golden glow on powdered snow
When the moon comes rolling along
On the homeward trail you can hear the wail of the whole gang singing a song

If tomorrow’s clear with fishin’ gear
We’ll head for a lake trout meal
With a rod and a reel, and a snowmobile
Life can be real, on a snowmobile
No there ain’t no deal, like a snowmobile

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