Farmer News

On the farm we're isolated

so we watch the nightly news ........

not ...actually every night

we might have missed a few

the day the cows got liberty

and we chased them roundabout

through Jacko's place and back again

how did they get out?

several times the tractor broke

and left us wondering why

under stars with lamplight

in the paddock high and dry

the time the genny let us down

so we milked the cows by hand

we had to ease the pressure

the cows can't udderstand

the day one of the jerseys herd

broke the fence and scarred her coat

what's worse got in the lucerne

over-ate and got the bloat

sometimes to test your schedule

you get those kind of days

seven o'clock but I had to move

the irrigation sprays

the night the buyers turned up home

with a ruling on our peas

we want larger, rounder cheaper

and we were on our knees

to eradicate the thistle

before we set our seed

we scoured the paddocks all night long

to guarantee our feed

the day that I was summonsed

the bank asked me into town

they said I'd either have to sell

or get the loans right down

the time I got enebriated

and I couldn't find the farm;

through debt and drought Jacko cracked

and did himself some harm

last night I'd planned my feet up

with a coffee and some books

but I had to get the shotgun out

cos the foxes ate the chooks

but tonight I sat down aching

and finally watched the news I like

nurses, workers, city folk

calling out 'let's strike'

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