I saw a camera.
I chopped down a tree,
Churn, churn the butter,
Feed the chickens corn.
Electricity?
Race the big fast train,
Look in the closet,
Comb the old gray beard.
Quilting bee today,
Go to the outhouse.
Fine my English is.
Raise a brand new barn.
Amish life for me;
He made fun of us
Helpeth! Save our souls!
By David "Fuzzy" Gregory
The cows never stop.
Milk or manure or beef,
They always provide.
It flashed me with a bright light,
It's stolen my soul.
Then made a rocking chair.
No more leaves to rake.
Up and down and up and down.
Grab the rod and churn.
They can eat with their peckers.
Barnyard full of cocks.
Wind, sun, horse and fire are good,
We use clean power.
My swift buggy can make it...
Horsey sauce for miles.
Oh, what shall I wear today?
Black and white again.
I think I'll shave tomorrow.
...If I see pigs fly.
Sew and sew the patchwork quilt.
Tourists buy them all.
Use a Shakespeare play to wipe,
Can't read anyway.
Swing the scythe around.
Reaping corn and wheat and oats.
Never use on Mom.
Throw me down the stairs my shoes.
Time to pigs the feed.
Grab the beam and thrust it high.
Monument for all.
Electricity no more.
I love this land so.
Camera flash! Oh!
Those silly English people
With noisy autos
That Weird Al of Yankovic
With electric things
Noisy automobile horns
Will killeth our ears
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