About The Bently Boys
Little to nothing is known about this '20s folk group, though their sharecropping saga "Down on Penny's Farm" (recorded in 1929 for Columbia) was enjoyed by many folk revivalists including Bob Dylan when it was included on Harry Smith's 1952 folksong compendium, Anthology of American Folk Music. Dylan borrowed the melody, arrangement, opening lines and alternate title ('Hard Times in the Country') to derive his early 'Hard Times in New York Town'
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Down on Penny's Farm
Down On Penny’s Farm
Down on Penny's Farm (Hard Times in New York)
Henhouse Blues
Penny's Farm
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Down on Pennys Farm
Pennys Farm
Down On Penny’S Farm [Hard Times In The Country]
Down on Pen
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