Hedy West 1976
To the tune of “Palms of Victory”
Magpie Arc: https://themagpiearc.bandcamp.com/track/pans-of-biscuits
https://themagpiearc.bandcamp.com/track/pans-of-biscuits
I saw an honest farmer His back was bending low He’s picking out his cotton As fast as he could go He piled it in the railpen Until the merchant came That he might attach his cotton That he should pay his claim Chorus (x2): It’s pans of biscuits, Bowls of gravy Pans of biscuits We shall have I saw him in the evening His back was against the tree His poor old head was aching He rolled upon his knee “I’ll be compelled to go home Or surely I will die! My head is commenced aching” I heard the farmer cry “I’ve toiled all my lifetime And still I find I’m poor Without an education My children’s left my door” I saw an honest farmer His back was bending low He’s picking out his cotton As fast as he could go