The Farmer Is the Man-Pete Seeger

[ti:The Farmer is the Man] [ar:Pete Seeger] [al:Industrial Ballads Volume 1] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.65]When the farmer comes to town [00:02.54]With his wagon broken down [00:04.18] [00:04.91]The farmer is the man that feeds 'em all [00:07.50] [00:08.55]If you'll only look an' see [00:10.73]I think you will agree [00:12.55]That the farmer is the man that feeds 'em all [00:15.35] [00:16.48]The farmer is the man [00:18.60]The farmer is the man [00:20.23] [00:20.80]Lives on credit 'til the fall [00:23.51] [00:24.49]Then they take him by the hand [00:26.51]And they lead him from the land [00:28.55]And the middle man's the one that gets it all [00:31.41] [00:32.66]When the lawyer hangs around [00:34.00] [00:34.62]And the butcher cuts a pound [00:36.59]The farmer is the man that feeds 'em all [00:39.39] [00:40.64]And the preacher and the cook [00:42.58]They go strollin' by the brook [00:44.65]But the farmer is the man that feeds 'em all [00:47.81] [00:48.82]The farmer is the man [00:51.07]The farmer is the man [00:53.05]Lives on credit 'til the fall [00:55.64] [00:56.84]With the interest rates so high [00:58.70]It's a wonder he don't die [01:00.70]For the mortgage man's the one that gets it all [01:03.43] [01:05.68]When the banker says he's broke [01:07.52]And the merchant's up in smoke [01:09.65]They forgets that it's the farmer feeds 'em all [01:12.89] [01:13.78]It would put them to the test [01:15.70]If the farmer took a rest [01:17.79]Then they'd know that [01:18.75]It's the farmer feeds 'em all [01:20.73] [01:21.95]Well the farmer is the man [01:24.32]The farmer is the man [01:26.52]Lives on credit 'til the fall [01:29.05] [01:30.27]And his pants are wearin' thin [01:32.62]His condition it's a sin [01:34.66]He's forgot that [01:35.97]He's the man that feeds 'em all