1961-0564

Black Land Farmer

Wink Martindale

Peak

Weeks

Score

Chart Year

1961

Scores & Rankings

Chart Performance

Peak Position85

Peak DateAug 28, 1961

Weeks at Peak1

Weeks Charted2

Weeks in Top 400

Weeks in Top 100

Weeks at #20

Weeks at #10

Scoring

Summary Calc16

Weekly Calc75

Total Score91

Rankings

Year Ranking#571

Decade Ranking#5,886

Billboard Year#582

Top 5000#29,601

Details

Album: Big Bad John
Label: Dot Records
Genre: Country
Composer(s): Frankie Miller
Entered Chart: Aug 21, 1961
Peak Date: Aug 28, 1961
Released: Unknown
Recorded: Unknown
Catalog #: Dot 45-16243
B-Side: Make Him Happy

Music Video

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 black land 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 black land farm

Breaking up a new ground
Early in the day
Gonna plant cotton
I'm gonna plant hay
I love to smell the sweet breeze blowing through the corn
Lord you sure done me right
By my black land farm

I feel like I'm getting close to you God
Plowing in the ground and breaking up the sod
Well my mind is easing
I could do no harm

Chart History (2 weeks)

Week	Chart Date	Position	Points
1	Aug 21, 1961	92	34
2	Aug 28, 1961	85	41