The Bently Boys - Down On Penny's Farm
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Come, you ladies and gentlemen Listen to my song
Sing it to you right But you might think it's wrong
May make you mad, but I mean no harm
It's just about the renters on Penny's farm
It's hard times in the country
Out on Penny's farm
You move out on Penny's farm
Plant a little crop of 'bacco And a little crop of corn
Come around this eve Gonna split and plot
'Til you get yourself a mortgage On everything you got
It's hard times in the country
Out on Penny's farm
Hadn't George Penny got a flattering mouth?
Move you to the country in a little log house
Got no windows but the cracks in the wall
He'll work you all summer and rob you in the fall
It's hard times in the country
Out on Penny's farm
You go in the fields, you'll work all day
Work the night, but you get no pay
Promise some meat or a little bucket of lard
So hard to be a renter on Penny's farm
It's hard times in the country
Out on Penny's farm
Hear George Penny, he'll come into town
With a wagon load of peaches Not a one of 'em sound
Got to have his money or somebody's check
Pay him for a bushel and you don't get a peck
It's hard times in the country
Out on Penny's farm
George Penny renters, they'll come into town
With their hands in their pockets And their head hanging down
Go in the store and the merchant will say
"Your mortgage is due and I'm looking for my pay"
It's hard times in the country
Out on Penny's farm
Down in his pocket with a trembling hand
"Can't pay you all, but I'll pay you what I can"
Then to the telephone the merchant make a call
He'll put you on the chain gang, don't pay at all
It's hard times in the country
Out on Penny's farm