Down On The Farm 1923

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 5 Dec 2008
2008

Reuben, Reuben was a hick
went to see the city,
Sally was a farmer's chick
she was dumb but pretty.
Sighed for Reuben night and day
wondered why he stayed away,
In each note that Sally wrote
here's what she would say:

Down on the farm
they all feel blue
ev'ry day, while you're away
they all ask for you,
Sister and Maw
Brother and Paw
Even the mule
with his old Hee Haw.
Hector, the pup
since he's grown up
he keeps asking, too
Oh! the chickens ask,
the cows ask,
the horses inquire
down on the farm
they all ask for you.

Down on the farm
they all feel blue
ev'ry day, while you're away
they all ask for you,
Sister and Maw
Brother and Paw
Even the mule
with his old Hee Haw.
Hector, the pup
since he's grown up
he keeps asking, too
Oh! the chickens ask,
the cows ask,
the horses inquire
down on the farm
they all ask for you.

Reuben read what Sally wrote
but it had him guessing,
wondered why the Billy goat
didn't send his blessing,
took his pen
and wrote right back,
"How about the old Duck's quack?"
Sally said: "The poor thing's dead
and alas, alack."

Down on the farm
they all feel blue
ev'ry day, while you're away
they all ask for you,
Sister and Maw
Brother and Paw
Even the mule
with his old Hee Haw.
Hector, the pup
since he's grown up
he keeps asking, too
Oh! the chickens ask,
the cows ask,
the horses inquire
down on the farm
they all ask for you.

Down on the farm
they all feel blue
ev'ry day, while you're away
they all ask for you,
Sister and Maw
Brother and Paw
Even the mule
with his old Hee Haw.
Hector, the pup
since he's grown up
he keeps asking, too
Oh! the chickens ask,
the cows ask,
the horses inquire
down on the farm
they all ask for you.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Down On The Farm 1923
dedicated to Frank Silver and his "Banana" Boys
by Billy Dale, Charles Parrot, Jimmy Adams & Harry Harrison
© MCMXXIII by Skidmore Music Co.Inc. - New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 5 December 2008 at 11.02
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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