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Come you ladies and you gentlemen and listen to my song |
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Sing it to you right but you might think it's wrong |
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May make you mad but I mean no harm |
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It's just about the renters on penny's farm |
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It's hard times in the country |
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Out on penny's farm |
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You move out on Penny's farm |
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Plant a little crop of 'bacco and a little crop of corn |
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Come around to see you gonna flit and plot |
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Till he gets himself a mortgage |
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On everything you got |
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It's hard times in the country |
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Out on Penny's farm |
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Hasn't George Penny got a flattering mouth |
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Move you to the country in a little log house |
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Got nothing it but the cracks in the wall |
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He'll work you in the summer and rob you in the fall |
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It's hard times in the country |
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Out on Penny's farm |
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You go in the fields and you work all day |
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Way after night but you get no pay |
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Promise you meat or a little lard |
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It's hard to be a renter on Penny's farm |
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It's hard times in the country |
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Out on Penny's farm |
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Where's George Penny he'll come into town |
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With his wagon load of peaches not one of them is sound |
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He's got to have his money or somebody's check |
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You pay him for a bushel and you don't get a peck |
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It's hard times in the country |
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Out on Penny's farm |
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Where George Penny's renters they'll come into town |
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With their hands in their pockets and their head a hanging down |
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Go in the store and the merchant will say |
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Your mortgage is due and I'm looking for my pay |
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It's hard times in the country |
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Out on Penny's farm |
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Down in his pocket with a trembling hand |
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Can't pay you all but I'll pay you what I can |
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Then to the telephone the merchant make a call |
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Put you on the chain gang don't pay it all |
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It's hard times in the country |
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Out on Penny's farm |
