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Larimer County Homestead (Larry W. Jones 01/18/2012) (song #6542)

Larry Jones is my name, as I have recounted

I’m in Colorado in Larimer County

Yes folks, you’ll find me out west where I make my bed

And starving to death on my Larimer homestead

Hurrah for Larimer County, it’s home for me

And it’s home for the bed bug, grasshopper and flea

I’ll sing to it praises though I soon may be dead

While starving to death on my Larimer homestead

Now, my hut is made from logs in Homestead Meadows

The pine walls are solid and keep in the shadows

But the old roof has no pitch and when the winds blow

It sure is a cinch that it will let in the snow

I’m happy on my one hundred sixty acres

Thanks to Larimer County’s movers and shakers

But I’ve got nothing to eat, from no rows to hoe

Now I think nothing from nothing adds up to zero

I’m happy on my Larimer County homestead

Though prairie rattlesnakes hiss their tune at my head

Centipedes have many legs, they walk with no fear

But I fear they’ll lay their many eggs in my ear

Now, you other homesteaders, you say you will stay

And chew on smoked beef jerky til you’re old and gray

But as for myself, I’m done with hard tack and dread

And starving to death on my Larimer homestead

My clothes, they are all rags and the life here is rough

My food is corn dodgers, of them I’ve had enough

I’m happy on my Larimer County homestead

So I’ll go back to bed after the dogs are fed

Bye to Colorado and Larimer County

One hundred sixty acres is not a bounty

I won’t sing it praises cause I soon may be dead

While starving to death on my Larimer homestead

Adios to Larimer County and the west

Back home to Texas is where’s the land I love best

I’ll marry me a wife on a west Texas spread

Quit starving to death on my Larimer homestead

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