THIS WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR - Song Page
© words & music by Annie Wilson
from CD Music of the Emma Chase
Album note: On the ranch, we all really appreciate a good, normal growing season - too often a rarity. But 2006 was a good year. Everything was moderate: rain, heat, wind. The cattle and crops did well. It seemed like a such a gentle year. We were thankful, and I felt inspired to write this song.
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LYRICS:
The rain is a’driftin from the low hanging cloud
The streams are swellin up healthy and loud
The cattle are lyin on their bed of deep green
The dust from their faces washed clean
This midsummer shower so sweet that it feels like a dream
And the hot July winds have forgotten to blow
The grasshoppers all moved away
This sweet Kansas summer’s more like a long spring
The night breezes blow cool and clear
And we all will remember that this was a very good year
The corn in the bottom tassels deep dark and tall
The beanpods are filling up fastest of all
Their leaves broad and dark just to drink in the sun
And the rains still amazingly come
This fall when we harvest, the yields may be second to none
CHORUS
The prairie grass seedheads are shootin up high
They’re brushin my stirrups as we ride on by
Their deep roots are growin down solid and true
With wildflowers bloomin anew
A calico blanket of green purple yellow and blue
CHORUS