“Down on the Farm” by Lowell George appears on the 1979 Little Feat album of the same name.
This is a song about a young man who lost his girl. She left him and the farm to become a hooker in a saloon.
[Background sounds intro]
They all asked about you
Down on the farm
The cows asked, the pigs asked
The horses asked too
All want to know why to the city you moved
You changed your name to Kitty
What's come over you?
It ain't true; it ain't true, Linda Lou
Say it ain't true, Linda Lou
It ain't true; it ain't true, Linda Lou
Say it ain't true, Linda Lou
They's all bawling 'bout you
Down on the farm
The cows bawl, the pigs bawl
The horses bawl, too
Miss you so much
That crying's all we can do
Weeping and wailing, praying
You'll come home soon
It ain't true; it ain't true, Linda Lou
Say it ain't true, Linda Lou
It ain't true; it ain't true, Linda Lou
Say it ain't true, Linda Lou
I hear you're working in a saloon
I hear ya work from midnight 'til noon
I might be from the woods
But them hours don't sound so good
What do you do in here, barroom?
It ain't true; it ain't true, Linda Lou
Say it ain't true, Linda Lou
It ain't true; it ain't true, Linda Lou
Say it ain't true, Linda Lou
You can't dance so I assume
In a bag you couldn't carry a tune
I might be from the woods
But these hours don't sound so good
What you doin' in here, barroom?
It ain't true; it ain't true, Linda Lou
Say it ain't true, Linda Lou
It ain't true; it ain't true, Linda Lou
Say it ain't true, Linda Lou
Down on the Farm was written by Paul Barrere.
Down on the Farm was produced by Lowell George.
Little Feat released Down on the Farm on Mon Oct 01 1979.