A grade school memory: A nod to rural life

In elementary school, our vocal music classes sang a few songs that took place on a farm or mentioned a farmer in their lyrics.  Only one song that I recall, though, extolled the virtues of rural living.  "Life Is Just Fine On The Farm," a tune in the Silver Burdett music book, has stayed in the back of my mind all these years because it was unusual for a bunch of kids raised in the suburbs to sing about a person who "used to love the city" but found that living on a farm is as good or better.  The lyric I remember most is, "Milking the cows in the same old way, roosters to tell me it's another day; life is just fine on the farm."  Considering how vital farms are to the food we all consume, appreciation for rural life is a good subject for a song--and a good one for city slicker kids to acknowledge.