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Dad farmed 180 acres in central Illinois from 1946 until 1969 and often would quip to us "Give me forty acres in Missouri and a good mule, and I could make a good living,"

Forty Acres In Missouri
Copyrighted by: Verne Garrison
September 16, 2009 Valley Park Mo
Banjo tuned E, No Capo, Key of D

Forty Acres In Missouri

Chorus:
Give me forty acres in Missouri,
And one strong mule
I can make a living with no hurry
Instead of fighting this rat-race like a fool

Give me forty acres in Missouri
And one strong mule
That's what my dad used to say
Share-cropping in Illinois was mighty cruel

Give me a mule, and a moldboard plow
And I will really show you how
Keep your diesels and fifty-ton rigs
I'll do it right, and then dance a jig

Noise making farmers, on a thousand acres
Need 300 bushel corn to break even
One quiet mule and forty acres
And I'll have just as good a season

Chorus:

Give me a mule, and a moldboard plow
And I will really show you how
Keep your diesels and fifty-ton rigs
I'll do it right, and then dance a jig