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Down On Penny's Farm - Natalie Merchant



     
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Come here ladies and gentleman
Listen to my song
Play it to you right
But you may think it wrongMay make you mad
But I mean no harm
Its just about the renters
On Pennys farmIts a hard time in the country
Down on Pennys farmGo into the fields
And you work all day
Deep into the night
But you get no payPromise you some meat
Or a little bucket of lard
Its hard to make a living
On Pennys farmIts a hard time in the country
Down on Pennys farmHear George Penny
Hell be coming into town
With a wagon load of peaches
Not a one of them soundGotta get his money

Gotta get a check
Pay you for a bushel
But you never get a peckIts a hard time in the country
Down on Pennys farmGeorge Pennys renters
They be coming into town
With their hands in their pockets
And their heads hanging downGo to the merchant
And the merchant hell say
Your mortgage it is due
And Im looking for my payIts a hard time in the country
Down on Pennys farmDeep into his pocket
With a trembling hand
Cant pay you what I owe
But I'll pay you what I canDown to the merchant
And the merchant make a call
Put you on the chain gang
Dont pay at allIts a hard time in the country
Down on Pennys farm
Songwriters
Merchant Natalie APublished by
INDIAN LOVE BRIDE MUSIC

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Natalie Anne O'Shea Merchant (born October 26, 1963 in Jamestown, New York, U.S.) is a professional musician. She co-founded and fronted the band 10,000 Maniacs in 1981. Later, she went to college and then left the band in 1993 and started a successful solo career. Merchant plays the piano, produces and writes many of her songs.

Her debut solo album Tigerlily (1995) had three top-40 singles: 'Carnival', 'Jealousy' and 'Wonder'. This was followed in 1998 with her second solo album Ophelia, her third in 2001 with Motherland, and fourth in 2003 called 'The House Carpenter's Daughter'.

Merchant has sung alongside Tracy Chapman, Michael Stipe, David Byrne and Peter Gabriel. She has also collaborated with Billy Bragg a number of times, including the 1998 album Mermaid Avenue. Like Bragg, her work touches on social and political themes; she has been active in promoting a number of campaigning issues in both her songs and through the causes to which she lends her name.



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