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Cody Canada and the Departed
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A Little Rain Will Do
There's powder dust on the section line road
like flour spilled on the kitchen floor
it ain't rained since early spring
over a hundred thirty days or more
and a little pond at the foot of the hill
it was dryer than a July wind
loaded up the cows and i took em to town
brought in nothin' took em home again
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and it was dry in nineteen thirty
and it was dry in thirty two
don't need a new deal handout
a little rain will do
Well my grandpa sat beneath the shade of a post oh,
pulled out his watch and he looked at the sky
wondered out loud will it ever rain
i cant remember when it was this dry
and he looked at his wife and his dusty children
pondered the fate of a farmin' man
make a crop and it ain't worth nothin'
the next year the weather got em again
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Told me once that hoover tried to starve em to death just because they were poor
held on to one another
one another's all they had before
and he finally gave in and he swallowed his pride
made a mark for credit at the general store
cost a penny a pound for cotton
the next year it cost two cents more
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He told me once you better stick to your business
don't be a drinking and actin a fool
spent the best years of my life
staring at the backside of a mule
and he told me once you better get you some schoolin'
take a look at me and my calloused hands
don't forget where you were raised
keep a tie to the land
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