Hedy West 1976
To the tune of "Palms of Victory"
Magpie Arc: https://themagpiearc.bandcamp.com/track/pans-of-biscuits
I saw an honest farmer His back was bending low
Working in those cotton fields as hard 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 lowered down on his knee
“I’ll be compelled to leave here Or surely I will die!
My head’s 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
Working in those cotton fields as hard as he could go