Farmer's Requiem
from The Towne Crier by Dr. Bob
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Recorded live for Occupy Fort Lauderdale on Christmas Eve and Day, 2011, on the Fort Lauderdale City Hall Plaza (100 N. Andrews Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 33301).
Go to old 2011 website: OccupyFortLauderdale.org
Go to new 2012 website: OccupyFTL.org
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Dr. Bob wrote this song 08/08/86 in response to the flood of family farm forclosures that were sweeping the nation.
Recorded live for Occupy Fort Lauderdale on Christmas Eve and Day, 2011, on the Fort Lauderdale City Hall Plaza (100 N. Andrews Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 33301).
Go to old 2011 website: OccupyFortLauderdale.org
Go to new 2012 website: OccupyFTL.org
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Dr. Bob wrote this song 08/08/86 in response to the flood of family farm forclosures that were sweeping the nation.
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FARMER'S REQUIEM
For 200 years or more
My family line has crossed this soil
And for every drop of rain
A drop of sweat did closely follow
But I don’t find
The better times of yesterday
Yet I would not dream
Of leaving here
Of leaving here
Unless they came
And took it all away
This land my mind
They seem to be one the same
This work my life
There is no difference I can see
But I don’t find
The better times of yesterday
Yet I would not dream
Of leaving here
Of leaving here
Unless they came
And took it all away
Time once was
My father’s work was my joy and pride
But now my ways
Hold little hope for my own child
And I don’t find
The better times of yesterday
Yet I would not dream
Of leaving here
Of leaving here
Unless they came
And took it all away
So drink to the mem
Who used to sweat in the sun of the day
And spit on the men
Who now refuse that we be paid
And I don’t find
The better times of yesterday
Yet I would not dream
Of leaving here
Of leaving here
Unless they came
And took it all away
And feed us not
Though we once fed them
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FARMER'S REQUIEM
For 200 years or more
My family line has crossed this soil
And for every drop of rain
A drop of sweat did closely follow
But I don’t find
The better times of yesterday
Yet I would not dream
Of leaving here
Of leaving here
Unless they came
And took it all away
This land my mind
They seem to be one the same
This work my life
There is no difference I can see
But I don’t find
The better times of yesterday
Yet I would not dream
Of leaving here
Of leaving here
Unless they came
And took it all away
Time once was
My father’s work was my joy and pride
But now my ways
Hold little hope for my own child
And I don’t find
The better times of yesterday
Yet I would not dream
Of leaving here
Of leaving here
Unless they came
And took it all away
So drink to the mem
Who used to sweat in the sun of the day
And spit on the men
Who now refuse that we be paid
And I don’t find
The better times of yesterday
Yet I would not dream
Of leaving here
Of leaving here
Unless they came
And took it all away
And feed us not
Though we once fed them
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released 02 January 2012
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Dr. Bob (a.k.a. Robert Ben Mitchell) is a singer/songwriter with strong influences from Tom Waits, Randy Newman, Leon Redbone, and Andre Segovia. He has over 200 original music videos on YouTube under the name of TRAFN.
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