The Beach Boys

Farmer's Daughter

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I could come from miles away
Ain't got (ain't got, ain't got)
No place to stay (place to stay, place to stay)
Glad to (glad to, glad to)
Help you plow your fields (help you plow, help you plow)
Farmer's daughter (farmer's daughter, farmer's daughter)

Might be (might be, might be)
Just a couple of days (couple of days, couple of days)
Clean up (clean up, clean up)
Rest and on my way (on my way, on my way)
Thank you (thank you, thank you)
And I'm must obliged (much obliged, much obliged)
Farmer's daughter (farmer's daughter, farmer's daughter)

Mmmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmmmm
Mmmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmmmm

So long (so long, so long)
Better leave your land (leave your land, leave your land)
Many thanks (many thanks, many thanks)
It was mighty grand (mighty grand, mighty grand)
I do (hope to, hope to)
Hope to see you again (see you again see you again)
Farmer's daughter (farmer's daughter, farmer's daughter)

Oh oh
Farmer's daughter (farmer's daughter, farmer's daughter)

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bobo192 On May 18, 2002

Mmmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmmmm
Mmmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmmmm

Oh oh
Farmer's daughter (farmer's daughter, farmer's daughter)

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by rarebit

22y ago

Although a very early and very simple Beach Boys song, this ode to rural traveling salesmen contains a really good melody and is one of the few listenable songs off of the BB's sophomore effort, "Surfin' USA", along with the title track, Shut Down, and the first of Brian's really good ballads, Lonely Sea.

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by PHR

12y ago

Just a little ditty about a brief romance between an itinerant worker and the daughter of the landowner. Sweet, charming, naive. Listen to it in that context. They were teenagers at this point, for God's sake.

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by The Swing King

19y ago

This song doesn't hold up well nowadays because no one's going to relate to it at all and they probably don't want to hear a rock-n-roll song about travelling salesmen/vagabond/etc. But, yeah it is actually really good and a catchy tune, good enough that most will listen to it a couple of times. I agree that "Lana" and "Noble Surfer" on the album are not very good, but the instrumentals (all 5 of em) are listenable, especially "Misirlou" which is possibly the Beach Boys' best instrumental song ever.

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