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Old Joe Yancey Had A Farm

 Old Joe Yancey Had A Farm

(Tune of "Old McDonald Had A Farm")

 

Old Joe Yancey had a farm,

the Adirondack farm I know.

And on that farm, he milked his cows.

To Joe Yancey’s farm we go.

 

Chorus:

With a maple tree here and a sugarbush there.

Sugar sheds, boiling pans, lots of maple syrup!

Old Joe Yancey had a farm,

The Adirondack farm I know.

 

Every spring, he made syrup.

To the Yancey farm, let’s go!

He gathered sap and boiled it down,

Even when it snowed.

 

(Chorus)

 

In summer, he planted crops,

So cattle feed would grow.

He chopped the corn grown in the field.

The hay he had to mow.

 

(alternate chorus)

Hay bails here, wagons there,

Elevators, hay lofts, lots of bailing twine rolls.

Old Joe Yancey had a farm

The Adirondack farm I know.

 

In the fall, he chopped his wood

To heat his old farm house.

He cut old trees and chopped the boughs.

Watching on we’re all the cows.

 

(Classic Chorus)

With a “Moo moo?” here and a “Moo moo?” there.

“What’s going on? What’s going now? Why’s he in the pasture?”

Old Joe Yancey had a farm.

The Adirondack farm I know.

 

In the winter, Joe would rest.

Sometimes, he had some fun.

But, he fed and milked the cows all year.

Farm chores are never done.

 

(Alternate chorus)

Milk pails here, grain bins there

Calves to feed, heifers to tend, get the milk tank filled up.

Old Joe Yancey had a farm.

The Adirondack farm I know.






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