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 [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