balestabber
Well-known member
since i can remember_a farmer is the dream i always to be
i got my first tractor_when i was just three
my grandfather farmed_with a horse and a plow
he got his milk_from his prize jersy cow
my dad farmed_with a little john deere
when i rode with him_he would let me steer
i remember when i rented_my first acre
i was really proud_and knew i could maker
then came the 1970s_and eighties
when some farmers and bankers_became some crazies
with their 4-wheel drive tractors_and big cultivators
they tried to keep up with the jones_and fought with their neighbors
with the ASCS,SCS_and the FMHA
with the SET-ASIDE,and the CRP__it was goverments way
with chemicals and fertilizer_at three hundred dollars a ton
the life of farming_was no longer fun
with hogs to feed_and cattle to hay
with a tractor broke down_and a banker to pay
my landlord died_and i was deep in debt
i was forced into bankruptcy_the date had been set
when my farm sale was over_i wish i had died
my dream of a farmer had ended_i sat down and i CRIED.
written by richard
1988
i got my first tractor_when i was just three
my grandfather farmed_with a horse and a plow
he got his milk_from his prize jersy cow
my dad farmed_with a little john deere
when i rode with him_he would let me steer
i remember when i rented_my first acre
i was really proud_and knew i could maker
then came the 1970s_and eighties
when some farmers and bankers_became some crazies
with their 4-wheel drive tractors_and big cultivators
they tried to keep up with the jones_and fought with their neighbors
with the ASCS,SCS_and the FMHA
with the SET-ASIDE,and the CRP__it was goverments way
with chemicals and fertilizer_at three hundred dollars a ton
the life of farming_was no longer fun
with hogs to feed_and cattle to hay
with a tractor broke down_and a banker to pay
my landlord died_and i was deep in debt
i was forced into bankruptcy_the date had been set
when my farm sale was over_i wish i had died
my dream of a farmer had ended_i sat down and i CRIED.
written by richard
1988