Pete Seeger - Plow Under lyrics

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 youplow under
Don't youplow under
Every fourth American boy
Now, don't youplow under
Don't youplow under don't youplow under
Every fourth American boy