Escrita por Robbie
Robertson, foi gravada em 1969 e lançda em 22 de setembro de 1969 no
disco The Band.
É cantada em
primeira pessoa do ponto de vista de um fazendeiro pobre que
desesperado, conta o azar que tem caído sobre ele. Ele conta que não
havia chuva e sua plantação morreu, seu celeiro queimou... Um líder
sindicalista apareceu prometendo melhorar as coisas... e o narrador
conta aos seus amigos que agora é um cara do sindicato... mas tem
vergonha disso...
Richard Manuel
cantou, fez backing vocals e tocou piano. Rick Danko tocou baixo.
Levon Helm tocou bateria e fez backing vocals. Garth Hudson tocou
orgao. Robbie Robertson tocou guitarra elétrica. John Simon tocou
piano elétrico.
A letra:
Corn in the
fields
Listen to the rice when the wind blows 'cross the water
King Harvest has surely come
I work for the union 'cause she's so good to me
And I'm bound to come out on top
That's where she said I should be
I will hear every word the boss may say
For he's the one who hands me down my pay
Looks like this time I'm gonna get to stay
I'm a union man, now, all the way
The smell of the leaves,
From the magnolia trees in the meadow
King Harvest has surely come
Dry summer, then comes fall,
Which I depend on most of all
Hey, rainmaker, can't you hear the call?
Please let these crops grow tall
Long enough I've been up on Skid Row
And it's plain to see, I've nothing to show
I'm glad to pay those union dues,
Just don't judge me by my shoes
Scarecrow and a yellow moon,
And pretty soon a carnival on the edge of town
King Harvest has 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 remember things bein' that bad
Then there comes a man with a paper and a 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
Listen to the rice when the wind blows 'cross the water
King Harvest has surely come
I work for the union 'cause she's so good to me
And I'm bound to come out on top
That's where she said I should be
I will hear every word the boss may say
For he's the one who hands me down my pay
Looks like this time I'm gonna get to stay
I'm a union man, now, all the way
The smell of the leaves,
From the magnolia trees in the meadow
King Harvest has surely come
Dry summer, then comes fall,
Which I depend on most of all
Hey, rainmaker, can't you hear the call?
Please let these crops grow tall
Long enough I've been up on Skid Row
And it's plain to see, I've nothing to show
I'm glad to pay those union dues,
Just don't judge me by my shoes
Scarecrow and a yellow moon,
And pretty soon a carnival on the edge of town
King Harvest has 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 remember things bein' that bad
Then there comes a man with a paper and a 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
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and The Betrayers:
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Highway:
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