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A song for Ele (Homepaddock)

Ele Ludeman is a farmers wife and a blogger.

Sometimes we do quizzes on her blog or discuss history, films or literature, but it is often music where I connect over there.

As a South Canterbury North Otago farmers wife rain or the lack of it is a subject never far from her mind and this concern is expressed in her posts from time to time.

She has such a post up today: It rained.

Put me in mind of this old song, which was conceived by Steve Earle while performing at a Farm Aid concert in Manor Texas to raise money to help keep family farmers on their land when times get tough.