James King Band - Thirty Years of Farming

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James King Band

Band Members:
James King, Guitar
Darrell Webb, Mandolin
Barry Crabtree, Banjo
John Marquess, Bass
Merl Johnson, Fiddle

Thirty Years Of Farming written by Fred Eaglesmith

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There's a little white note on the gate by the road that a man put up
yesterday
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And when we saw it, we all ran out just to see what it had to say.
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And when we read it, our eyes filled with tears, and they fell to the cold,
hard clay
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Something about a mortgage, something about foreclosure, something about
failing to pay.

Chorus:
Oh, and on the post by the general store, they put up a little sign
An auction sale day after tomorrow at the end of Lincoln Line
Thirty years of farming, thirty years of heartache, thirty years of day to
day
Oh, my daddy stopped talking the day the farm was auctioned, there was
nothing left to say.

Oh, my mama's tears fell freely down as she walked amongst the flowers in
the yard
And every number the auctioneer called was like a blow to her precious heart
And every number the auctioneer called meant another thing was sold that day
'Til everything was auctioned, and we stood there watching as they loaded it
and drove it away.

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At the day's first dawning, we awoke this morning, there was nothing for us
to do,
Nothing in the granary, no hay in the mow, no cattle, no tractor, no tools.
So we loaded up the car, took the clothes that we wore and a few things we
managed to save.
Mama read from the Book, we took one last look, and then we drove away.

(Chorus)
Oh, my daddy stopped talking the day the farm was auctioned, there was
nothing left to say.