I came from the city many months agoSold almost everything and it gave me quite a stake ya knowI bought me self a section of the finest farmin' landBut how they make a fortune I don't understandI bought new machinery the very best to seeBut always buying new parts and half me crop is weedsThe weasal took me chickens, while arsenick killed me cowThe wife went home to mother, the black earth got me sowI'm a poor, poor farmer what am I gonna do?A poor, poor farmer full of rabbit stewA poor poor farmer always on the goPrayin' to get my farm work caught up before the snowThe rabbits ate me garden the hail took all me wheatIt seems I'm working round the clock, I'm really gettin' beatGrasshoppers came the other day just like a million goatsBefore I knew just what to do they cut down all me oatsWell I loaded up the grass seed and started off to townSeems like every mile I made the price kept goin' downThe most of it was stuckage from wild oats to flaxAnd when we came to settle up I owed them for the sacksI'm a poor, poor farmer what am I gonna do?A poor, poor farmer full of rabbit stewA poor poor farmer always on the goPrayin' to get my farm work caught up before the snowI woke up this morning feelin' mighty lowI gazed upon the patatoe field all covered up with snowFirst me wheat, then me oats now me spuds are goneThe grub box is empty, how will I carry on?But still I got me freedom, my credit rating is highDon't have to pack a lunck box or heed the whistle's cryI'll always be a farmer I don't care about a thingAnd if I can get the tractor fixed I'll combine in the spring.I'm a poor, poor farmer and I'll always beA poor, poor farmer cause farming is for meI'd rather be the farmer cause farming's what I loveAnd I'll still be a farmer up in the land aboveI'm a poor, poor farmer what am I gonna do?A poor, poor farmer I'm full of rabbit stewA poor poor farmer always on the goPrayin' to get me farm work caught up before the snowAnd that's the way a poor poor farmers life must go.
Lyrics by Stompin' Tom Connors
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