Dedicated to Jason
Been lookin' through the seed catalogs
Pert nigh since the first of the year
That fresh plowed dirt's gonna smell real good
Now that spring is finally here
Gotta rouse Pa outa the easy chair
Where he's been parked all winter
Reckon we'll send our seed order off
Just as soon as we've et our dinner
The youngins growed up and moved away
Now all the work's up to me and Pa
By cracky, ain't nothin' we ain't done before
With the help of our hard man, Daw
Right soon, the mailman will bring us a box
Full of seeds and plants and stuff
We mighta gone just a tad overboard
The plantin's gonna be kinda rough
We finally got everthang in the ground
On the day after Easter Sunday
Ain't much restin' this time of year
But I reckon we'll get some someday
Settin' on the back porch of an evenin'
Just relaxin' in the settin' sun
Pa reads out loud from the Bible
Whilst I gets all the mendin' done
Yep, it looks like it's gonna be a bumper crop
With lotsa hard work and sweat and love
Just hope God sends us our share of rain
From that big farm up above
Kathleen McCoy Eldridge
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