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Created on: February 23, 2009
A FARMERS LOT
Farmer Pat lives on his fertile land
With a goverment subsidy always to hand
Paid to avoid toil and graft
In his luxury farm house free from draft
Sing a song as he goes along
Here sa subsidy there a subsidy everywhere a subsidy
He pops out in the cold and rain
To count his newborn subsidies and then he pops
back home again
Waiting for the Postman to come his way
To reward him for being a farm every day
From monday to Subsidy
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