A Summers Day In the Country

The alarm is sounding, much louder today Give it up without even debating As a breeze whistles through my window Which means of course work is waiting In other words, Rise and Shine Or there’ll be a fast boot to the rear So, suck it up, get dressed and hurry Are you listening son? Do you hear? Breakfast is already waiting for me So I scarf it right down in my haste Cows need milking, animals need feeding Get a move on, no time to waste Milking’s all done, stock has been fed And the sun is peeping over the trees Mama’s washing clothes, hanging um on the line As daddy’s checking on those honey bees Grab up those poles, I’ve got the bait Think there’s a fish or two waiting somewhere A wonderful sound on a summer’s day Watch out bass, you all better beware Another plate of fish another sweet potato pie And an iced tea to flush it down On the radio there’s that Grand Ole Opry Just a good old summertime sound Working the farm in the fifties my friends It didn’t get no better than that And yes, I do it all over again If I had to again go to bat