Little Red Wagon (song)

"Little Red Wagon"
Single by Miranda Lambert
from the album Platinum
ReleasedJanuary 12, 2015
Recorded2013–14
GenreCountry rock
Length3:24
LabelRCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Miranda Lambert singles chronology
"Somethin' Bad"
(2014)
"Little Red Wagon"
(2015)
"Smokin' and Drinkin'"
(2015)
Music videos
"Little Red Wagon" on YouTube

"Little Red Wagon" is a song written by Audra Mae and Joe Ginsberg, and originally recorded by Mae on her 2012 album Audra Mae and the Almighty Sound. It was covered by Miranda Lambert on her fifth studio album Platinum, and was released as its third single in January 2015.

The titular line of the song, "You can't ride in my little red wagon, the front seat's broken and the axle's dragging" is a reference to a popular call and response song in American children's camps.[1] The song's origins are difficult to trace, and there are many variations, but the song at least dates back to the 1970s.

  1. ^ Yannucci, Lisa. "Little Red Wagon - American Children's Songs - The USA - Mama Lisa's World: Children's Songs and Rhymes from Around the World". Mama Lisa's World. Archived from the original on December 1, 2022. Retrieved December 31, 2023.