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Thread #74944   Message #2647326
Posted By: Jim Dixon
03-Jun-09 - 09:36 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Little Whitewashed Building on The Farm
Subject: Lyr Add: LITTLE WHITEWASHED BUILDING BY THE BARN
Ben Wetherby sings THE LITTLE WHITEWASHED BUILDING ON THE FARM on his album "A New'fy Saraday Nite [sic, sic, sic!]."

From the Varsity Outdoor Club Songbook, 1993 (pdf file):


BY THE BARN

By the barn, oh, by the barn,
It's the most important building on the farm,
Where we used to sit at ease
With our elbows on our knees
In that little whitewashed building by the barn.

Where we used to read our mail
As we tore up Eaton's sale...

Where grandpappy cursed his soul
When his pipe fell down the hole...

We would sit there for a reason
When the apples were in season...

Where the hornets built their nest
And grandpappy let 'em rest...

Where he changed his mind at last
When one stung him on the— ...