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GUEST,Jerome Clark	Lyr Add: Hard Times in the Country by Don Edwards (6)	RE: Lyr Add: Hard Times in the Country by Don Edwards	20 Aug 19
The Bentley Boys, about whom nothing else is known, recorded "Down on Penny's Farm" in Johnson City, Tennessee, on October 23, 1929. It prominently features the line "hard times in the country." It's included on Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music, which is where Dylan may have first heard it. I am sure "Maggie's Farm" takes its inspiration from the song, variations of which (including Gid Tanner's) have been recorded ever since. Its most recent album appearance, to my knowledge anyway, is on Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur's Penny's Farm (Kingswood, 2016).

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