(C) Common Dreams
This story was originally published by Common Dreams and is unaltered.
. . . . . . . . . .



Bentley Boys – Down on Penny’s Farm Lyrics [1]

[]

Date: 2025-02

4 Contributors Down on Penny’s Farm Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Come you ladies and you gentlemen and listen to my song

I'll 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



[Refrain]

It's hard times in the country

Out on Penny's farm



[Verse 2]

Now you move out on Penny's farm

Plant a little crop of 'bacco and a little crop of corn

He'll come around to see, gonna plan and plot

Till he gets himself a mortgage on everything you got



[Refrain]

It's hard times in the country

Out on Penny's farm



[Verse 3]

Hasn't George Penny got a flattering mouth

Move you to the country in a little log house

Got no windows but cracks in the wall

He'll work you all summer and rob you in the fall



You might also like

[Refrain]

It's hard times in the country

Out on Penny's farm



[Verse 4]

You go in the fields and you work all day

Way into the night but you get no pay

Promise you meat or a little lard

It's hard to be a renter on Penny's farm



[Refrain]

It's hard times in the country

Out on Penny's farm



[Verse 5]

Now here's George Penny come into town

With his wagon-load of peaches, not one of them sound

He's got to have his money or somebody's check

You pay him for a bushel and you don't get a peck



[Refrain]

It's hard times in the country

Out on Penny's farm



[Verse 6]

Then George Penny's renters, they come into town

With their hands in their pockets and their heads hanging down

Go in the store and the merchant will say

Your mortgage is due and I'm looking for my pay



[Refrain]

It's hard times in the country

Out on Penny's farm



[Verse 7]

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 makes a call

They'll put you on the chain gang if you don't pay it all



[Refrain]

It's hard times in the country

Out on Penny's farm

[END]
---
[1] Url: https://genius.com/Bentley-boys-down-on-pennys-farm-lyrics

Published and (C) by Common Dreams
Content appears here under this condition or license: Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0..

via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds:
gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/commondreams/