Plow Under - Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger

Remember when the AAA

Killed a million hogs a day?

Instead of hogs it’s men today

Plow the fourth one under

Plow under!

Plow under!

Plow under

Ev’ry fourth American boy

They said our agricultural

System was about to fall

So from Washington they sent a call

Plow the fourth one under

The price of cotton wouldn’t rise

They said, «We've got to fertilize.»

So now on us they turn their eyes

Plow the fourth one under

They said our system wouldn’t work

Until we killed the surplus off

So now they look at us and say

Plow the fourth one under

Any ignorant mule does know

Better than to step on a cotton row

But there ain’t no mules in Congress

So plow the fourth one under

Now the politicians rant

A boy’s no better than a cotton plant

But we are here to say you can’t

Plow the fourth one under

Plow under

Don’t you… plow under

Don’t you… plow under

Every fourth American boy

Now, don’t you… plow under

Don’t you… plow under

Don’t you… plow under

Every fourth American boy