Down On Penny's Farm Lyrics - The House Carpenter's Daughter - Natalie Merchant

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 I'll 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