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Thread #173682 Message #4211996
Posted By: Acorn4
20-Nov-24 - 03:42 AM
Thread Name: ADD: Songs For Farmers Everywhere...
Subject: RE: ADD: Songs For Farmers Everywhere...
https://davetaylor1.bandcamp.com/track/those-who-grows-the-corn In their tall Saxon Shoes they've straddled the times Nameless their passing like clouds in the skies, Silhouetted on the skyline in a hot sunset dust, Backs bent to the sickle through centuries past Now the combines work late to gather in the grain It's headlights by moonlight before tomorrow's rain.
So let's not throw scorn on the man who grows the corn As he grasps the cold iron in the chill of the dawn The biggest investment if you reap what you sow, Is planting a seed and watching it grow While the seasons still turn, that cock will still crow They'll be out with the dew in the morning.
In glass city anthills intent on the race Eyes down to the pavement, they're lost in their maze, What fruits do they yield, what have they sown, Just a cold paper balance sheet their harvest home They're just like the birds that follow the plough As it pencils straight furrows through the then and now.
So let's not throw scorn on those who grow the corn
First the ox, then the shire now the tractor it speeds, And strong arms of the welder provide all that you need, While between those tall buildings a glimpse of the sky As they fight for their space with an eye for an eye Stood out on the very spot where they loaded the cart For those unsung legions who fought Bonaparte
So let's not throw scorn on the man who grows the corn
Turn around turn around time and again To the beat of the sun , to the rhythm of the rain, Turn around, turn around the seasons amen God speed the plough still as you did then
Now those wet lands in November can be a cold heartless place But like their fathers before them they know of no other ways Than this factory in the fields 50 acres to drill Around the church steeple , and down to the mill As you roll through the seasons with a keen weather eye, And the itch of the barley the price that you pay
So let's not throw scorn on the man who grows the corn