Farm Lawyer

He grew up ‘round these parts

Just over them there hills

His daddy worked raisin’ cattle

To pay the family’s bills

No, their house wasn’t much

But they had a roof overhead

And the garden mama grew

Kept their little family fed

But one day a man came knockin’

In a fancy pinstripe suit and said

“I got a note here from the government

And it says you get the boot”

“They’re gonna build a road here,”

Or so the man explained

“And they’ve got the right to do it

It’s called eminent domain”

Oh how his parents cried

But there was nothing they could do

Put their belongings into boxes

And within the month they moved

Now the boy was upset

He knew something wasn’t right

But I am just a boy, he thought

How could I begin to fight?

So he hunkered down

And studied very hard

He grew up and went to law school

And then he passed the bar

Now he’s a farm lawyer

A real Atticus Finch

Except he does farm law

He really found his niche

When the big man comes a’kockin’

He is there to represent

The humble little farmer

With his farm law arguments

The judges all agree

And so does every jury

They say he’s the best farm lawyer

In the whole state of Missouri

And I’ll tell you what, folks

This story here is true

The farm lawyer is my daddy

And he ain’t afraid to sue