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| tobacco barn in Calvert County, MD (source) |
My daddy was a farmer
in the Old Line state
We never had much coming up
but food was on our plates
When he died, I got the land
I work it to this day
but my son, he has to leave
'cause farming just don't pay
I swear to the Lord above
I'm a peaceful man
but when they curse my family name
I've got to take a stand
It ain't my fault
if what I farm
has brought your family grief
It's part of Southern heritage
I grow tobacco leaf
Now I make an honest living
and I think it's pretty sad
The schools are teachin' children
that what I do is bad
They're tearing down tobacco barns
My family's goin' broke
My way of life is goin' to Hell
Tradition up in smoke.
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| traditional Southern MD tobacco barn (source) |
8 comments:
Well.... I will just have to admit. When I started reading this, tobacco wasn't what I was thinking. (grin) The title had me going in a different direction altogether.
Thoroughly enjoyed this! Sad isn't it?
Very nice!! We're southern here I guess and I just quit smoking in decemberm 2nd hand smoke or not, non smokers die of cancer too :) I miss my smokes... lols
he should have moved over to the other leaf...its medicinal now you know...which is where my mind went when i read up in smoke...anyway, really like the cadence of this...
he should have moved over to the other leaf...its medicinal now you know...which is where my mind went when i read up in smoke...anyway, really like the cadence of this...
A sad story. A lot of our farmers have been forced off the land by years of drought and rising costs.
It is a pity your farmer couldnt find a way to diversify
oh, man, i can hear this one in my head. can you sing it please! :) excellent.
I think that the vertical boards on the outside of the tobacco barn may be french-inspired? I saw similar vertical construction on the old french buildings in St. Genevieve Missouri recently.
Nice blog
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