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Jason's Farm Song Lyrics and Chords by Cal Smith
Jason's Farm
Recorded by Cal Smith
Written by John Adrian
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He bought three hundred acres ten miles south of town
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drifter who decided it was
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time to settle down
There was no sea he had not sailed a sky he had not flown
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only place he'd never been was a
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place he could call his
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own
He broke the soil and planted seed but the land refused to yield
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the loneliness he felt at night was the
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kind no man should feel
Till a woman came into his life a daughter of a soil
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bride that he could stand beside and
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ease his daily
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toil
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called his
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kingdom Jason's
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Farm
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land grew rich and green for
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king Jason and his queen
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wind blew sweet each night time as they
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lay in each others
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arms
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things good
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grew on Jason's
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When the summer sun had finally gone and the harvest time was near
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Jason's pretty Mary whispered
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magic in his ear
Then Jason's laughter filled the land and his soul began to sing
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boasted of a son his wife would
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bear him in the
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spring
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things good
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grew on Jason's
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land beneath the skies turned as
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green as Mary's eyes
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felt the child grow strong in Mary's
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womb against his
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palm
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things good
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grew on Jason's
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Spoken:
Now the Lord gives and he takes away and to all men this is true
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most of us accept it and we
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learn to live it through
God gave a child to Jason an extension of his life
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doing so He traded the
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child for Jason's
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wife
The crops are rotting in the fields the land left unattended
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somewhere Jason roams the earth his
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wounded heart unmended
And the house is slowly falling down and the dust of Jason's yard
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monument to a man who shunned his
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child and cursed his
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God
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grows no
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more on Jason's
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Farm
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land once rich and green is dead and
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dry like Jason's dream
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the wind that once blew sweet through Mary's
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hand is strangely
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calm
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grows no
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more on Jason's
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Jason's Farm?
- The song Jason's Farm was sang by Cal Smith.
Who is Cal Smith?
- Calvin Grant Shofner (April 7, 1932 - October 10, 2013), known professionally as Cal Smith, was an American country musician, most famous for his 1974 hits "Country Bumpkin" and "It's Time to Pay the Fiddler".