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#57--A Day On A Farm (1984)
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My first children's song--imagining what a day on the farm might be like.
folk funny political sixties novelty gentle prolific idiosyncratic lehrer jefferson airplane ochs paxton steve goodman
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Tom Paxton meets Jefferson Airplane. Extremely prolific singer songwriter with a wide range of styles from bizarre novelty tunes and surrealistic poetic songs t
With more than 300 songs and counting and for more than 30 years, I have written in a variety of acoustic styles from novelty tunes to love songs to historical ballads to poetic surrealistic songs to retro-acoustic pop. From bizarre to traditional from funny to poignant, whatever style the song is in, the melodies are usually memorable and the lyrics unpredictable. This site will eventually contain rough often first take demos of my entire song catalogue. Many of the earliest songs when I first started writing will of course be shaky. So expect the songs to get better as time goes on. Feel free to come back and browse often as I will constantly be adding songs, one by one in chronological order, starting in 1974. If you are looking for some unusual songs to cover from a little known but unique artist, you have come to the right place. Just e-mail me. If you find a song here that intrigues you, but you don't like a line or two, or you think it needs a bridge, drop me an e-mail and maybe you can earn writer's credit if it gets that song to be recorded or performed.... otherwise just enjoy. You can become a Rob Lincoln fan at no cost to you. I promise that if you keep coming back there will be some real surprises along the way. While mostly acoustic, some original material will veer into folk rock and even 60's pop, but the garage rock and loudest material will also be found in full band arrangement at soundclick.com/abrasiveflowers Eventually some of these 300+ tunes may be rerecorded and make it on to CD, including a novelty CD that would be suitable for Dr. Demento or an historical ballad CD or a political song CD--but until then, this is the only site you can hear most of these songs. (A few of my songs CAN be found on songramp.com/RobLincoln and myspace.com/lessickandlincoln)
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Peak in subgenre #41
Author
Rob Lincoln
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1984
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May 27, 2007
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MP3 2.5 MB 128 kbps 2:44
Story behind the song
This was my first children's songs. Most of my kid's songs are devilish or dark in some way and this one while tamer is no exception. I am a city boy but did live in a rural area for a year or two when I was 3 and 4 years old. Mp3 listeners so far have rated this an average of 3.8....Comments include: "Cute song" "I like your children's songs the best"
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The roosters crowing and the suns going up And Sammy the hog is rolling in the muck It's time to put your trousers on now We'll slop the pigs and milk the cows Already 6AM, where did the time go? Got to be in school at half past 8 We'll walk down the road past the old railroad tracks Cut through Mrs. Pickens' property Now old lady Pickens she's got a gun She'll shoot it off just for fun And the robins go flying and she screams a lot But it's just full of old buckshot Already 8AM, where does the time go? Gotta be in school at half past 8 We'll run down the road past the old railroad tracks Cut through Mrs. Pickens' property When school is over and it's 3:30 We'll sneak back and pick her apple tree But we better be careful of old Dwight He's a mighty mean dog and he likes to bite Already 6PM, where did the time go? Gotta be in bed at half past 8 We'll dream of the road past the old railroad tracks Dream of Mrs. Pickens' property Now the crows are cawing and the suns going down We'll sleep tonight in our little town And pretty soon it'll be a new day And we'll go out to work and play Already 6AM, where did the time go? Gotta be in school at half past 8 We'll walk down the road past the old railroad tracks Cut through Mrs. Pickens' property
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