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Old 06-17-2022, 09:47 AM   #26 (permalink)
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Off the top of my head, The Band's King Harvest (Is Surely Come).

"Last year this time, wasn't no joke -
My whole barn went up in smoke.
Our horse Jethro, well, he went mad
And I can't ever remember things bein' that bad.
Then here come a man with a paper and pen
Tellin' us our hard times are about to end
And then, if they don't give us what we like
He said, 'Men, that's when you gotta go on strike!'

Corn in the fields,
Listen to the rice when the wind blows 'cross the water -
King Harvest has surely come."


I also love this performance, in Sammy Davis Jr.'s pool house of all places.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaKD1Vdarnw
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