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~ The
Life Of
A Farmer
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The
summer
is
just about
over
And the
fields
need to
be
plowed
Wood
needs to
be
chopped
for
winter
More
time is
needed
somehow.
Pork
needs to
be cured
in the
smokehouse
Eggs
need to
be
collected
from the
hens
The
cattle
needs to
be
rounded
up
And the
horses
fetched
from the
glen.
Hay
collected,
baled,
and
stored
Fill up
the oil
tank
Make a
trip
into
town
Make
mortgage
payment
at the
bank.
Fix the
harness
and the
plow
Pay the
hired
hands
Make
repairs
on the
roof
Vegetables
need to
be
canned.
Straw
hauled
in and
put in
stables
Blankets
brought
out of
the moth
balls
Washing
all the
winter
clothes
Patching
that
crack in
the
wall.
Cleaning
out the
fireplace
Checking
all the
shutters
Sweeping
out all
the
nooks
and
crannies
Getting
the
churn
and
making
some
butter.
Checking
out the
property
Getting
the
honey
dipper
out
Fixing
all the
broken
fences
Storing
plenty
of water
in case
of a
drought.
These
are
chores
our
great
grandparents
faced
Beginning
every
day in
the
early
morn
They
never
complained
they
just did
the work
Back
then
this was
the
norm.
So
listen
to the
stories
our
elderly
can tell
They
celebrated
their
youth a
long
time ago
Times
were oh
so
different
then
You'd be
amazed
at what
all they
know.
Chee
Chee
Martin
©2004
cheechee0@sbcglobal.net
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