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Thread #25829 Message #2723155
Posted By: Joe Offer
14-Sep-09 - 03:26 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: 160 acres/A Hundred and Sixty Acres
Subject: ADD: A Hundred and Sixty Acres
Here's the whole thing, as recorded by the Sons of the Pioneers. I don't have the date of this recording. Melissa, what do you hear for the kind of stove? Best I can guess is "coal stove," although it sounds more like "cold stove."
A HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRES (Dave Kapp)
I've got a hundred and sixty acres in the valley. I've got a hundred and sixty acres of the best. Got a coal(?) stove there that'll cook three squares, And a bunk where I can lay me down to rest.
Up at dawn to greet the sun, I've forgotten what a care or worry means. Head for home when day is done And the pocket money's jinglin' in my jeans.
I've got a hundred and sixty acres full of sunshine. I've got a hundred and sixty million stars above. Got an old paint hoss. I'm the guy who's boss On the hundred and sixty acres that I love.
[bridge] Where the mountains meet the sky There's a spot that's all my own Wouldn't trade it for a world of gold It's my home sweet home
I've got a hundred and sixty acres in the valley. I've got a hundred and sixty acres of the best. Got a coal(?) stove there that'll cook three squares, And a bunk where I can lay me down to rest.
Up at dawn to greet the sun, I've forgotten what a care or worry means. Head for home when day is done And the pocket money's jinglin' in my jeans.
I've got a hundred and sixty acres full of sunshine. I've got a hundred and sixty million stars above. Got an old paint hoss. I'm the guy who's boss On the hundred and sixty acres that I love.
Up at dawn to greet the sun, I've forgotten what a care or worry means. Head for home when day is done And the pocket money's jinglin' in my jeans.
I've got a hundred and sixty acres full of sunshine. I've got a hundred and sixty million stars above. Got an old paint hoss. I'm the guy who's boss On the hundred and sixty acres that I love.
[tag] A fourth of six hundred and forty spoken: Why, that's a quarter of a country section The hundred and sixty acres that I love.
transcribed by ear from a Sons of the Pioneers box set.