Burnin Stalks
 by: Verne Garrison
 	 Valley Park, Mo 10-27-06


(D) Late in the fall, after the shuckin was done,
The whole family would go to the (A) fields.
 We took (D) rakes, and matches and a kerosene (G) jug
(D) Just us, no (A) wagons, no (D) wheels

(D)We would rake all the stalks into rows
Line them up with the (A) wind
 Drop a (D) match on the coal oil (G) spot
(D) It was then that the (A) fun would (D) begin

(D) The leaping flames would follow the smoke
Crackin and poppin corn sparks into the dark (A) sky
 We were (D)  burning the trashno (G) joke
(D) So when we plowed next (A) spring the ground would be (D) dry

(D) On the cold fall nights, wed hug the fire
Staying close enuf to stay (A) warm
 Wed keep (D) runnin and burnin till the work was (G) done
(D) Helping out, when we were just (A) kids on the (D) farm

(D) Now I can still smell the heavy smoke,
And some say we did more harm than (A) good
But the (D) memories I have of poor farm (G) folks
(D)Things turned out a lot (A) better than we thought they (D) would