Down On Pennys Farm-Natalie Merchant

[ti:Down On Pennys Farm] [ar:Natalie Merchant] [al:The House Carpenter's Daughter] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Down On Pennys Farm - Natalie Merchant [00:23.43]Come here ladies and gentleman [00:24.38]Listen to my song [00:25.66]Play it to you right [00:26.60]But you may think it wrong [00:27.80]May make you mad [00:28.62]But I mean no harm [00:29.64]Just about the renters [00:30.54]On Pennys farm [00:31.82]It's a hard time in the country [00:33.96]Down on Pennys farm [00:35.34] [00:48.65]Go into the fields [00:49.26]And you work all day [00:50.37]Deep into the night [00:51.12]But you get no pay [00:52.44]Promise you some meat [00:53.37]Or a little bucket of lard [00:54.47]It's hard to make a living [00:55.63]On Pennys farm [00:56.38]It's a hard time in the country [00:58.89]Down on Pennys farm [01:00.10] [01:13.33]Hear George Penny [01:13.87]Hell be coming into town [01:14.97]With a wagon load of peaches [01:15.83]Not a one of them sound [01:16.87]Gotta get his money only [01:18.00]Gotta get a check [01:19.09]Pay you for a bushel [01:20.11]But you never get a peck [01:21.20]It's a hard time in the country [01:23.14]Down on Pennys farm [01:24.73] [01:37.75]George Pennys renters [01:38.39]They be coming into town [01:39.38]With their hands in their pockets [01:40.59]And their heads hanging down [01:41.60]Go to the merchant [01:42.56]And the merchant hell say [01:43.49]Your mortgage it is due [01:44.43]And Im looking for my pay [01:45.58]Its a hard time in the country [01:47.65]Down on Pennys farm [01:49.40] [02:02.23]Deep into his pocket [02:02.95]With a trembling hand [02:03.64]Can't pay you what I owe [02:04.98]But ill pay you what I can [02:06.17]Down to the merchant [02:06.93]And the merchant make a call [02:08.01]Put you on the chain gang [02:09.05]Don't pay at all [02:10.00]It's a hard time in the country [02:12.13]Down on Pennys farm