A Tribute to Eugene "Mick" Norris | 1936-2011

I'm just a farmer, Plain and simple.

Not of royal birth
But rather, a worker of the earth.

I know not of riches
But patches on my britches

I know of draught and rain,
Of pleasure and pain.

I know of the good and the bad,
The happy and the sad.

I am a man of emotions.

A man who loves and knows the beauty of this land.

I know of a spring's fresh flow
And autumn's golden glow,

Of a newborn calf's hesitation,
And the eagle's destination.

I know all the tall pines,
And long, waiting lines.

Of the warmth of campfires,
And the agony of flat tires.

But I am a man who loves his job
And the life I live.

I am a man who works with God,
I cannot succeed without his help,
For you see,

I'm just a farmer - Plain and simple.

 

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