[Verse 1] For nearly sixty years I’ve been a farmer Through drought fire and flood I’ve lived through plenty But this country’s dust and mud has seen my tears and blood And its nearly over now and now i’m easy. [Verse 2] I married a fine young girl when I was twenty But she died in giving birth when she was thirty No flying doctors then just a gentle old black gin And its nearly over now and now I’m easy [Verse 3] She left me with two sons and a daughter And a bone dry farm that cries for water Though my cares were rough and ready they grew up fine and steady And its nearly over now and now I’m easy. [Verse 3] My daughter married young and went her own way My sons lay buried by the Burma railway In this land I’ve called my home though I’ve carried on alone And its nearly over now and now i’m easy. [Verse 4] City folks these days despise the farmer Saying with dole and subsidies we have it easy But there’s no drought or starving stock on your sured suburban blocks. And its nearly over now and now I’m easy For nearly sixty years I’ve been a farmer Through drought fire and flood I’ve lived through plenty But this country’s dust and mud has seen my tears and blood And its nearly over now and now i’m easy.