The Farmer Is The Man

Album: various (1890)
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  • If you'll only look and see
    I Know you will agree
    That the farmer is the man who feeds them all
    Through the wind and through the snow
    When the farmer comes to town
    With his wagon broken down
    The farmer is the man who feeds them all
    The farmer is the man
    The farmer is the man
    Lives on credit until fall
    Then they take him by the hand
    And they lead him from the land
    And the middleman's the man who gets it all

    When the lawyer hangs around
    While the butcher cuts a pound
    The farmer is the man who feeds them all
    And the preacher and the cook
    Go a-strolling down the brook
    The farmer is the man who feeds them all
    The farmer is the man
    The farmer is the man Lives on credit till the fall
    With the interest rate so high
    It's a wonder he don't die
    The banker is the man who gets it all

    When the banker says he's broke
    And the merchant's up in smoke
    The farmer is the man who feeds them all
    It would put them to the test
    If the farmer took a rest
    The farmer is the man who feeds them all
    The farmer is the man
    The farmer is the man
    Lives on credit till the fall
    His clothes are wearing thin
    His condition is a sin
    He's forgot that he's the man who feeds them all Lyrics from a song in Public Domain

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