Gary Truitt over at Hoosier Ag Today has posted his favorite songs about ag and rural America . Ready? Here goes:

1. American Farmer by The Charlie Daniels Band.
2. International Harvester by Craig Morgan.
3. Daddy Won’t Sell the Farm by Montgomery Gentry.
4. Country Ain’t Country by Travis Tritt.

Hmmmm. How about The John Deere Tractor Song by Don Walser (above)? Or Trouble in the Fields by Nanci Griffith? Or A Train Not Running by Chris Knight?

Or…well, what do you think. Or…well, what do you think. Send you list to speakyourpiece@dailyyonder.com and we’ll post ’em.

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The Best Rural Songs — One Man’s Choice

by dyadmin, The Daily Yonder
November 20, 2007

<h1>The Best Rural Songs — One Man’s Choice</h1> <p class="byline">by dyadmin, The Daily Yonder <br />November 20, 2007</p> <p>Gary Truitt over at <a href="http://www.hoosieragtoday.com/index.php" target="_blank">Hoosier Ag Today</a> has posted his <a href="http://www.hoosieragtoday.com/wire/comments/00131_The-Story-of-Rural-America-Put-to-Music_194247.php" target="_blank">favorite songs about ag and rural America</a> . Ready? Here goes:</p> <p> 1. <i>American Farmer</i> by The Charlie Daniels Band.<br /> 2. <i>International Harvester</i> by Craig Morgan.<br /> 3. <i>Daddy Won't Sell the Farm</i> by Montgomery Gentry.<br /> 4. <i>Country Ain't Country</i> by Travis Tritt.</p> <p> Hmmmm. How about <i>The John Deere Tractor Song</i> by Don Walser (above)? Or <i>Trouble in the Fields</i> by Nanci Griffith? Or <i>A Train Not Running</i> by Chris Knight?</p> <p> Or…well, what do you think. Or…well, what do you think. Send you list to speakyourpiece@dailyyonder.com and we'll post 'em. </p> <p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://dailyyonder.com/best-rural-songs-one-mans-choice/2007/11/20/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://dailyyonder.com">The Daily Yonder</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://i0.wp.com/dailyyonder.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-dy-wordmark-favicon.png?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://dailyyonder.com/?republication-pixel=true&post=773&amp;ga3=UA-6858528-1" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p> Copy to Clipboard

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