The Farmer Is the Man-Pete Seeger

[ti:The Farmer is the Man] [ar:Pete Seeger] [al:Industrial Ballads Volume 1] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.68]When the farmer comes to town [00:02.57]With his wagon broken down [00:04.21] [00:04.94]The farmer is the man that feeds 'em all [00:07.53] [00:08.58]If you'll only look an' see [00:10.76]I think you will agree [00:12.58]That the farmer is the man that feeds 'em all [00:15.38] [00:16.51]The farmer is the man [00:18.63]The farmer is the man [00:20.26] [00:20.83]Lives on credit 'til the fall [00:23.54] [00:24.52]Then they take him by the hand [00:26.54]And they lead him from the land [00:28.58]And the middle man's the one that gets it all [00:31.44] [00:32.69]When the lawyer hangs around [00:34.03] [00:34.65]And the butcher cuts a pound [00:36.62]The farmer is the man that feeds 'em all [00:39.42] [00:40.67]And the preacher and the cook [00:42.61]They go strollin' by the brook [00:44.68]But the farmer is the man that feeds 'em all [00:47.84] [00:48.85]The farmer is the man [00:51.10]The farmer is the man [00:53.08]Lives on credit 'til the fall [00:55.67] [00:56.87]With the interest rates so high [00:58.73]It's a wonder he don't die [01:00.73]For the mortgage man's the one that gets it all [01:03.46] [01:05.71]When the banker says he's broke [01:07.55]And the merchant's up in smoke [01:09.68]They forgets that it's the farmer feeds 'em all [01:12.92] [01:13.81]It would put them to the test [01:15.73]If the farmer took a rest [01:17.82]Then they'd know that [01:18.78]It's the farmer feeds 'em all [01:20.76] [01:21.98]Well the farmer is the man [01:24.35]The farmer is the man [01:26.55]Lives on credit 'til the fall [01:29.08] [01:30.30]And his pants are wearin' thin [01:32.65]His condition it's a sin [01:34.69]He's forgot that [01:36.00]He's the man that feeds 'em all