"I Will Go West!" Lyrics
Oh! times are tough, amazing rough,
Expenses are alarming,
I will go West, it's far the best,
Try my luck at farming.
For the idea, of staying here
To just earn your gruel,
Makes me feel sad and sometimes mad
'Tis so awful and cruel
Goods are so high, I heave a sigh,
At the cost of living,
My loving wife, she sees my strife,
And has a spell of crying.
Now there's my boys, my chiefest joys,
To have them in the City,
Amid the harm, gives me alarm,
And I ache with pity.
And there's my girls, with auburn curls
May be slaves to fashion,
And lay such stress, on how to dress,
Becomes a ruling passion.
Now it's no use, I've stood abuse
I'll take all with dear Mary,
Settle down in a country town,
Farm it on a prairie.
My barns replete with corn and wheat,
Lots of milk and butter,
T'would be a shame, to here complain,
Or a murmur utter.
Now we'll start with cheerful heart
Nor fear our journey hinders,
For we don't care, a single hair
For smoke or flying cinders.
On end of car, we'll shout hurrah,
Farewell, friend and neighbor,
We're going where there's bread to spare,
Easy time of labor.
Oh! times are tough, amazing rough,
Expenses are alarming,
I will go West, it's far the best,
Try my luck at farming.
For the idea, of staying here
To just earn your gruel,
Makes me feel sad and sometimes mad
'Tis so awful and cruel
Goods are so high, I heave a sigh,
At the cost of living,
My loving wife, she sees my strife,
And has a spell of crying.
Now there's my boys, my chiefest joys,
To have them in the City,
Amid the harm, gives me alarm,
And I ache with pity.
And there's my girls, with auburn curls
May be slaves to fashion,
And lay such stress, on how to dress,
Becomes a ruling passion.
Now it's no use, I've stood abuse
I'll take all with dear Mary,
Settle down in a country town,
Farm it on a prairie.
My barns replete with corn and wheat,
Lots of milk and butter,
T'would be a shame, to here complain,
Or a murmur utter.
Now we'll start with cheerful heart
Nor fear our journey hinders,
For we don't care, a single hair
For smoke or flying cinders.
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