Well, the farmer prayed for a better year,
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And the crops were good, for the Lord did hear...
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But, his barn burned down with winter near,
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the Answer came in white and black,
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In the Farmer's Almanac, it says....
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"If a man can have half his wishes, he can double his trouble."
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A sweet old lady was 84,
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When her kinfolks came for a month, or more.
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Now, from overwork, she's on the other shore,
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Much too late, she said, "Now you all come back."
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And, it says in the Farmer's Almanac,
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"Visitors, and fish, smell after 3 days."
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Our leader was a silver toungued man,
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he deceived the people of the land,
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and when he got caught,
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he couldn't stand.
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It's a little of beat, and a little off track,
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but, it says in the Farmer's Almanac,
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"In rivers and bad government, the lightest things float to the top."
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Rod said, "I don't believe in God."
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Rod died, and now he lays beneath the sod,
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For God did not believe in Rod.
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Life is a trouble and a weary track,
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but, it says in the Farmer's Almanac,
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"Feed your faith, and your doubts will starve to death."
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The little boy followed the honey bee,
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and it went straight to the honey's tree.
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He got stung, but got the honey free..
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"Consolation for the things you lack.",
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is in the Farmer's Almanac,
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it also says,
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"God gave us the darkness, so we can see the stars."
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He came home, three hours late, from work,
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He said, "I had a flat, and I fell in the dirt."
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She said, "Well, you have lipstick on your shirt."
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Well, it turned out like Jill and Jack...
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And, it says in the Farmer's Almanac,
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"Lies have to be covered up... Truth can run around naked."
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He said, "Honey, you know I'm true. I just look at other women, that's all I do."
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Then, she caught him with her best friend, Peggy Sue.
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Sometimes, some women DO look back,
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and it says in the Farmer's Almanac,
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"There is a LOT of difference, between shopping and shoplifting."
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I sat down at a shoeshine stand,
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I had a very slow shoe-shine man.
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I said, "You sure don't pop that rag, like some of them can..."
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He looked at me, and answered right back..
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"It says in the Farmer's Almanac,
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"The trouble with the world today, is there is too much 'popping' and not enough 'shining'."
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My father's father was the wisest man I ever knew,
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Sixty years of education,
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Seven years of school.
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Farming kept his body strong,
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At night the only books he owned
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Kepted his mind sharp as a tack.
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The family bible and the farmer's almanac.
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When to plant.
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When to harvest.
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How you weed, just what you sow.
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When to look for rain, and who to turn to when it don't.
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There was a plan for early frost,
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Salvation for the lost.
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Words to live and die by front to back.
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The family bible and the farmer's almanac.
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One came from his mother,
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Handed down the day she died.
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The co-op sent the other,
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Every year at Christmas time.
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He knew the seasons to the day.
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Knew Paul and Peter by first name.
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He could answer any question he was asked,
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With the family bible and the farmer's almanac.
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When to plant,
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When to harvest,
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How you weed, only what you sow.
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When to look for rain, and who to turn to when it don't.
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There was a plan for early frost.
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Salvation for the lost.
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Words to live and die by front to back,
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The family bible and the farmer's almanac.
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He knew the way to get,
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through this life, and to the next.
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While others spoke of faith,
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He found the facts.
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In the family bible and the farmer's almanac.
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The family bible and the farmer's almanac.
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Farmer's Almanac
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| Johnny Cash |
