My daddy wrote this..

[TexasFilly]

years ago.. when i was a toddler.. my dad wrote this song.. and he sold it for next too nothing.. it was recorded! My dad was a 'blackland farmer' and I'm lucky to have such a fine, grand man as my father..

Black Land Farmer
by Frankie Miller
© ARPS Publishing (BMI)


When the lord made me
He made a simple man
Not much money and not much land
He didn't make me no banker or legal charmer
When the lord made me he made a blackland farmer

Well my hands ain't smooth, my face is rough
But my heart is warm and my ways ain't tough
I guess I'm the luckiest man ever born
Cause the lord gave me health
And a blackland farm

Breaking up the new ground early in the day
I'm gonna plant cotton, I'm gonna plant hay
I love to smell the sweet breeze blowing through the corn
Lord you sho done me right
By my blackland farm


I feel like I'm getting closer to you, God
Plowing up the new ground and breaking up the sod
My mind is set not to do no harm
Lord, I owe it all to you
And my blackland farm

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i did a check today on google for the terms:
blackj land farmer..

wow.. over 400K listings.. these words were the #1 listing...

it's words written by a man, from his heart..

 

[mastmnds]

cool

 

[TexasFilly]

my daddy did write that song.

my daddy was a black land farmer.. retired now..

i recall as a child when he'de get the guitar out.. and entertain the guests with his humor and his singing.. and he alway's sang this song..

he sold it for penny's.. it was recorded..

it's a song written by the man..
from the soul of the man..

i'm real lucky to have such a fine, wonderful father..
he's worked hard all his life

farmers... are needed.. for they are the one's who keep the usa fed.. the goods at the grocery store, would not happen without
the good ole

Black Land Farmers.........

and i love my daddy with all my heart.

 

[yahoohaha]

cool!

great!

 

[yahoohaha]

i drink water you drink wine
rose all welt you still red
where to find blue diet this night
tears of moon light smile on my wine

from the sky i were fly
picked a water wash my feet
by the river names blue
meet a girl she loves blue

wish you lonesome night
wish you lonesomw dream
when the water sings blue
you shouldn't drink my blue

 

[beatz]

1961 Country Music's New Star (Starday SLP-134)
1962 The True Country Style of Frankie Miller (Starday
SLP-199)
1963 The Fine Country Singing of Frankie Miller (Audio Lab
AL-1562)
1965 Backland Farmer (Starday SLP-338)
1983 Rockin' Rollin' Frankie Miller [Starday] (Bear Family
BFX-15128)
1984 Hey! Where Ya Goin'? [Columbia] (Bear Family
BFX-15082)
1996 Sugar Coated Baby [Gilt Edge, Columbia] (Bear Family
BCD-15909)

So your dad also wrote "Family Man" (#7 October '59)?
Wow, respect.

 

[beatz]

Also:

"Frankie Miller recorded several dozen sides for Starday during the late '50s and '60s, including two country hits in 1959. Born in Victoria, Texas on December 17, 1931, Miller earned a football scholarship to a local junior college, at which time he formed the Drifting Texans and began broadcasting on the area station KNAL. He also worked in Houston, where he gained a contract with the 4 Star subsidiary, Guilt Edge. Though he recorded several numbers in 1951, Miller soon left to serve in the Korean War. He returned two years later with a Bronze Star, and signed to Columbia in 1954. None of the dozen sides he recorded in the subsequent year placed on the charts, though. Miller appeared around Texas (including on Fort Worth's Cowtown Hoedown) during the late '50s and recorded occasional one-off singles for local labels.

Don Pierce, owner of the Starday label, had been of the few who appreciated Miller's Guilt Edge recordings, so he signed the young singer in 1959. Miller rewarded the label-owner's confidence that same year when "Blackland Farmer" hit the Country Top Five and became one of Starday's most popular recordings. "Family Man" reached number seven in October 1959, and Miller was tapped as Cashbox's Most Promising Country Artist for 1960. He joined the Louisiana Hayride and appeared on the Grand Ole Opry several times.

Unfortunately, Miller had already reached the pinnacle of his success -- he hit the charts only three more times. "Baby Rocked Her Dolly" entered the Top 15 in 1960 and "A Little South of Memphis" hit number 34 in 1964, while a re-release of "Black Land Farmer" hit number 16 in 1961. Frankie Miller recorded for United Artists in 1965, but retired from music to work at a Chrysler dealership in Arlington, TX. The German label Bear Family re-released three of his albums during the '80s. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide"

Everybody who has appeared on Grand Ole Opry belongs to America's Greatest, no doubt.

 

[TexasFilly]

Originally posted by beatz
1961 Country Music's New Star (Starday SLP-134)
1962 The True Country Style of Frankie Miller (Starday
SLP-199)
1963 The Fine Country Singing of Frankie Miller (Audio Lab
AL-1562)
1965 Backland Farmer (Starday SLP-338)
1983 Rockin' Rollin' Frankie Miller [Starday] (Bear Family
BFX-15128)
1984 Hey! Where Ya Goin'? [Columbia] (Bear Family
BFX-15082)
1996 Sugar Coated Baby [Gilt Edge, Columbia] (Bear Family
BCD-15909)

So your dad also wrote "Family Man" (#7 October '59)?
Wow, respect.

thankyou for the research beatz.. but 'no' my daddy did not write 'Family Man' he wrote "Black Land Farmer' and sold it to this artist you mention above.. MrFrankieMiller..

my dad was the 'wisdom' behind the message.. he wrote the words.. sold the rights to Frankie Miller.. who took and cut a record with the lyrics..

my daddy is a profound man, whom I am very proud of.. and I'm a lucky one to have such a warm, tender, hardworking, black land farmer as my father....

I gave him his youngest grandaughter.. msMadi May
featured here: www.HotDomains.us

she's a keeper!

i will be sure to share this thread with my father.. (he does good too type his name) but he titles himself the 'hiTechRedneck' he-he..

gotta love it!