We Are Up Against It Now-Uncle Dave MacOn/Tom Glazer

[ti:We Are Up Against It Now] [ar:Uncle Dave MacOn] [al:Protest Songs Of America] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]We Are Up Against It Now - Uncle Dave MacOn/Tom Glazer [00:09.76]The world is turned upside down [00:11.81]It surely must be true [00:13.73]The way that things are running now [00:15.70]Proves that to me and you [00:17.46] [00:18.28]We're up against it now [00:20.23]There's no use to raise a row [00:22.11]But of all the times I've ever seen [00:24.10]We're sure up against it now [00:26.06] [00:33.61]Since the highway's come [00:35.23]They've taxed the farmer down [00:37.24]The road's so slick his team can't travel [00:39.19]And he has to walk to town [00:41.12] [00:41.86]We're up against it now [00:43.74]There's no use to raise a row [00:45.74]But of all the times I've ever seen [00:47.60]We're sure up against it now [00:49.63] [00:57.29]Since the auto's come [00:59.20]Mules and horses won't sell [01:01.08]The farmer's land is mortgaged down [01:02.99]And the country's gone to well [01:05.10]We're up against it now [01:07.10]There's no use to raise a row [01:09.05]But of all the times I've ever seen [01:10.92]We're sure up against it now [01:12.61] [01:20.66]A farmer bought him a tractor [01:22.36]He raised quite an alarm [01:24.28]He only broke one little piece [01:26.27]And he had to sell his farm [01:28.05] [01:28.88]We're up against it now [01:30.84]There's no use to raise a row [01:32.69]But the safest rig I've gatta ever seen [01:34.69]Is a mule and a bull-tongue plough [01:36.79] [01:44.25]He once was happy as a lark [01:46.14]But now he's down and out [01:48.19]The auto is the thing they say [01:50.09]That brought this all about [01:52.17]We're up against it now [01:54.10]There's no use to raise a row [01:55.83]But of all the times I've ever seen [01:58.00]We're sure up against it now [02:00.20] [02:15.56]We're up against it now [02:17.38]There's no use to raise a row [02:19.38]But of all the times I've ever seen [02:21.43]We're sure up against it now [02:23.26] [02:31.04]The farmer who's the one we know [02:32.88]On whom we must depend [02:34.96]Is up against it with the rest [02:36.94]With troubles to amend [02:39.58]We're up against it now [02:41.33]There's no use to raise a row [02:43.23]But of all the times I've ever seen [02:45.29]We're sure up against it now [02:47.01] [03:02.68]We're up against it now [03:04.45]There's no use to raise a row [03:06.48]But of all the times I've ever seen [03:08.48]We're sure up against it now