Come here ladies and gentleman
listen to my song
play it to you right
but you may think it wrong
may make you mad
but I mean no harm
it´s just about the renters
on Penny´s farm
it´s a hard time in the country
down on Penny´s farm

go into the fields
and you work all day
deep into the night
but you get no pay
promise you some meat
or a little bucket of lard
it´s hard to make a living
on Penny´s farm
it´s a hard time in the country
down on Penny´s farm

hear George Penny
he´ll be coming into town
with a wagon load of peaches
not a one of them sound
gotta get his money
gotta get a check
pay you for a bushel
but you never get a peck
it´s a hard time in the country
down on Penny´s farm

George Penny´s renters
they be coming into town
with their hands in their pockets
and their heads hanging down
go to the merchant
and the merchant he´ll say,
“your mortgage it is due
and I´m looking for my pay”
it´s a hard time in the country
down on Penny´s farm

deep into his pocket
with a trembling hand,
“can´t pay you what I owe
but I´ll pay you what I can”
down to the merchant
and the merchant make a call
put you on the chain gang
don´t pay at all
it´s a hard time in the country
down on Penny´s farm