Come here ladies and gentleman

Listen to my song

Play it to you right

But you may think it wrong

May make you mad

But I mean no harm

Its just about the renters

On Pennys farm

Its a hard time in the country

Down on Pennys farm



Go into the fields

And you work all day

Deep into the night

But you get no pay

Promise you some meat

Or a little bucket of lard

Its hard to make a living

On Pennys farm

Its a hard time in the country

Down on Pennys farm



Hear George Penny

Hell be coming into town

With a wagon load of peaches

Not a one of them sound

Gotta get his money

Gotta get a check

Pay you for a bushel

But you never get a peck

Its a hard time in the country

Down on Pennys farm



George Pennys renters

They be coming into town

With their hands in their pockets

And their heads hanging down

Go to the merchant

And the merchant hell say,

your mortgage it is due

And Im looking for my pay

Its a hard time in the country

Down on Pennys farm



Deep into his pocket

With a trembling hand,

cant pay you what I owe

But ill pay you what I can

Down to the merchant

And the merchant make a call

Put you on the chain gang

Dont pay at all

Its a hard time in the country

Down on Pennys farm