Penny's Farm
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Penny's Farm Lyrics
[00:05.40] Come you ladies and you gentlemen and listen to my song
[00:08.16] I'll sing it to you right but you might think it's wrong
[00:10.83] May make you mad but I mean no harm
[00:13.06] It's all about the renters on Penny's farm
[00:15.72] Hard times in the country, down on Penny's farm
[00:20.36] Now you move out to Penny's farm
[00:22.85] Plant a little crop of 'bacco and a little crop of corn
[00:25.78] Come around and see, you're gonna plip and plop
[00:27.67] Till you got yourself a mortgage on everything you got
[00:30.56] Hard times in the country, down on Penny's farm
[00:36.37] Then you go out in the fields and you work all day
[00:39.26] Way after night but you're gettin' no pay
[00:41.62] Promise you meat or a little lard
[00:43.81] It's hard to be a renter on Penny's farm
[00:46.55] Hard times in the country, down on Penny's farm
[00:51.84] Now here's George Penny comin' into town
[00:54.38] With a wagonload of peaches, not one of 'em sound
[00:56.75] He's got to have money or somebody's check
[00:59.39] You pay him for a bushel and you don't get a peck
[01:02.02] Hard times in the country, down on Penny's farm
[01:08.38] Now,George Penny's renters they will come into town
[01:10.53] With their hands in their pockets and their heads hung down
[01:13.48] Go in the store and the merchant will say
[01:15.75] Your mortgage is due and I'm waitin' for my pay
[01:18.43] Hard times in the country, down on Penny's farm
[01:23.27] Slow down in the pocket with a tremblin' hand
[01:26.17] Can't pay you all but I'll pay you what I can
[01:28.75] Then to the telephone the merchant made a call
[01:30.96] They'll put you on the chain gang, you won't pay at all
[01:33.86] Hard times in the country, down on Penny's farm
[01:38.75] Hard times in the country, down on Penny's farm
[01:42.86]
[00:08.16] I'll sing it to you right but you might think it's wrong
[00:10.83] May make you mad but I mean no harm
[00:13.06] It's all about the renters on Penny's farm
[00:15.72] Hard times in the country, down on Penny's farm
[00:20.36] Now you move out to Penny's farm
[00:22.85] Plant a little crop of 'bacco and a little crop of corn
[00:25.78] Come around and see, you're gonna plip and plop
[00:27.67] Till you got yourself a mortgage on everything you got
[00:30.56] Hard times in the country, down on Penny's farm
[00:36.37] Then you go out in the fields and you work all day
[00:39.26] Way after night but you're gettin' no pay
[00:41.62] Promise you meat or a little lard
[00:43.81] It's hard to be a renter on Penny's farm
[00:46.55] Hard times in the country, down on Penny's farm
[00:51.84] Now here's George Penny comin' into town
[00:54.38] With a wagonload of peaches, not one of 'em sound
[00:56.75] He's got to have money or somebody's check
[00:59.39] You pay him for a bushel and you don't get a peck
[01:02.02] Hard times in the country, down on Penny's farm
[01:08.38] Now,George Penny's renters they will come into town
[01:10.53] With their hands in their pockets and their heads hung down
[01:13.48] Go in the store and the merchant will say
[01:15.75] Your mortgage is due and I'm waitin' for my pay
[01:18.43] Hard times in the country, down on Penny's farm
[01:23.27] Slow down in the pocket with a tremblin' hand
[01:26.17] Can't pay you all but I'll pay you what I can
[01:28.75] Then to the telephone the merchant made a call
[01:30.96] They'll put you on the chain gang, you won't pay at all
[01:33.86] Hard times in the country, down on Penny's farm
[01:38.75] Hard times in the country, down on Penny's farm
[01:42.86]
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