http://folktunes.org/taxonomy/term/42/0 en http://folktunes.org/recordings/16 <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-1"><div class="form-item"> <label>MP3 url: </label> <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/Farm/MySweetFarmGirl.mp3">[link]</a> </div> <div class="form-item"> <label>Source webpage: </label> <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/Farm">[link]</a> </div> <div class="flexinode-textarea-10"><div class="form-item"> <label>Lyrics: </label> <p>My sweet farm girl, she's jolly of my pride<br /> My sweet farm girl, she's jolly of my pride<br /> She knows I know how to keep her satisfied</p> <p>So early in the morning I cut her grass you bet<br /> So early in the morning I cut her grass you bet<br /> Pull up the hose; I keep her lawn all wet</p> <p>I close her fire; I shake her ashes down<br /> I close her fire; I shake her ashes down<br /> We eat our breakfast, then we ride on back to town</p> <p>I keep her garden all free from bugs and weeds<br /> I keep her garden all free from bugs and weeds<br /> I plow her land, and then I sow my seeds</p> <p>I trim her hedges; I clean out her back yard<br /> I trim her hedges; I clean out her back yard<br /> She loves her daddy because I'm long and hard</p> </div> </div><div class="flexinode-textarea-8"><div class="form-item"> <label>Notes: </label> <p>Recorded on December 1, 1931 in New York City. Ashley plays guitar and sings, with Gwen Foster on guitar and harmonica. The sexual connotations are rather obvious.</p> </div> </div></div> Clarence Ashley Gwen Foster My Sweet Farm Girl guitar harmonica singing 78rpm blues country innuendo lyrics vintage Tue, 31 Jan 2006 08:59:39 -0500 Forrest Oliphant 16 at http://folktunes.org