Maggie's Farm

"**Maggie's Farm**" is a song written by Bob Dylan, from his 1965 album *Bringing It All Back Home*.

It was recorded by the group who would later become known as The Residents and was included on their 1971 demo tape *The W\*\*\*\*\* B\*\*\* Album*.

## History

"Maggie's Farm" would be among the first tracks from *The W\*\*\*\*\* B\*\*\* Album* to be released by The Residents, on their 2012 compilation album *ERA B474*, and again in 2013 and 2016 on *The Delta Nudes' Greatest Hiss* and *The Residents Present The Delta Nudes*.

It was heavily remixed by The Residents in 2003 for release on the album *WB:RMX*.

It was officially remastered from the original tapes and released as part of the pREServed limited edition vinyl pressing of *The W\*\*\*\* B\*\*\* Album* in April 2018. This remastered version of the track was reissued on CD on the compilation album *A Nickle If Your Dick's This Big* in 2019.

## Lyrics

**Original version**

```
I ain’t gonna work on Maggie’s farm no more
No, I ain’t gonna work on Maggie’s farm no more
Well, I wake in the morning
Fold my hands and pray for rain
I got a head full of ideas
That are drivin’ me insane
It’s a shame the way she makes me scrub the floor
I ain’t gonna work on Maggie’s farm no more

```

```
I ain’t gonna work for Maggie’s brother no more
No, I ain’t gonna work for Maggie’s brother no more
Well, he hands you a nickel
He hands you a dime
He asks you with a grin
If you’re havin’ a good time
Then he fines you every time you slam the door
I ain’t gonna work for Maggie’s brother no more

```

```
I ain’t gonna work for Maggie’s pa no more
No, I ain’t gonna work for Maggie’s pa no more
Well, he puts his cigar
Out in your face just for kicks
His bedroom window
It is made out of bricks
The National Guard stands around his door
Ah, I ain’t gonna work for Maggie’s pa no more

```

```
I ain’t gonna work for Maggie’s ma no more
No, I ain’t gonna work for Maggie’s ma no more
Well, she talks to all the servants
About man and God and law
Everybody says
She’s the brains behind pa
She’s sixty-eight, but she says she’s twenty-four
I ain’t gonna work for Maggie’s ma no more

```

```
I ain’t gonna work on Maggie’s farm no more
No, I ain’t gonna work on Maggie’s farm no more
Well, I try my best
To be just like I am
But everybody wants you
To be just like them
They sing while you slave and I just get bored
I ain’t gonna work on Maggie’s farm no more

```

## Releases

* *The W\*\*\*\*\* B\*\*\* Album* (1971, released 2018)
* *WB:RMX* (2003)
* *El Año Del Muerto* (2009)
* *ERA B474* (2012)
* *The Delta Nudes' Greatest Hiss* (2013)
* *The Residents Present The Delta Nudes* (2016)
* *A Nickle If Your Dick's This Big* (2019)

#### Versions

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 San Mateo home recording, 1971
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 remix of San Mateo home recording, 2003

## External links and references

* "Maggie's Farm" at Bob Dylan's official website

**Side A**
"Strawberry Fields Forever" · "The Mad Sawmill of Copenhagen, Germany" · "Baby Skeletons and Dogs" ("Oh Mummy, Oh Daddy, Can't You See That It's True") · "Going to Arcata Blues" · "Black Velvet Original" · "Jimi Hendrix Dildo" · "In the Still of the Night" · "**Maggie's Farm**" · "Snot and Feces Live at the Grunt Festival" · "Sweet Meat"
**Side B**
"Oh Yeah Uhh Bop Shoo Bop" · "Ohm is Where the Art Is" · "Concerto in R Flat Minor" · "Gagagapiggaeioupe" · "Sold American" · "Love Theme from a Major Motion Picture" · "Prelude for Accordion, Sousaphone and French Horn" · "Oh God You're a Pie in the Sky" · "Short Circuit Comes to Town" · "Marching Toward AEIOU Blues" · "In the Still of the Night Again / Rumba" · "Oh Mummy, Oh Daddy, Can't You See That It's True Again" · "Art the White Elephant" · "Psychedelic and Orgasmic Finale"
**Personnel**
Ensenada and Spontaneous Cumbustion · Jim Whitaker · Bob Tangney
**Related works**
*WB:RMX* · *ERA B474* · *The Delta Nudes' Greatest Hiss* · *A Nickle If Your Dick's This Big*
**Related articles**
The Delta Nudes · San Mateo apartment · Hal Halverstadt · Residents, Uninc. · Punographics Ltd. · Warner Bros. Records · The Beatles · Bob Dylan · Richard Nixon · Oh Mummy! Oh Daddy! show

**Major works**
*Rusty Coathangers for the Doctor* (1970) · *The Ballad of Stuffed Trigger* (1970) · *The W\*\*\*\*\* B\*\*\* Album* (1971) · *B.S.* (1971) · *Santa Dog* (1972)
**Other recordings**
"I Hear Ya Got Religion" / "Moonman" (1969) · *1-10 (With A Touch of 11)* (1972)
**Compilation albums**
*ERA B474* (2012) · *The Delta Nudes' Greatest Hiss* (2013) · *The Residents Present The Delta Nudes* (2016) · *A Nickle If Your Dick's This Big* (2019) · *Warning: Uninc.* (2022)
**Live shows**
The Boarding House, October 18th 1971 · Philip's Wedding, October 31st 1971 · Chris' Party, February 12th 1972
**Collaborators**
Randy Rose · Charles Bobuck · Hardy Fox · Homer Flynn · Palmer Eiland · Roger "Bunny" Hartley · Jay Clem · John Kennedy · Roland Sheehan · Bob Tangney · Jim Whitaker · N. Senada · Philip "Snakefinger" Lithman · Peggy Honeydew (Margaret Swaton) · The Singing Lawn Chairs (Pamela Zeibak)
**Related articles**
San Mateo apartment · Hal Halverstadt · Porno Graphics · Sycamore St. studio · Ralph Records · The Residents · *Vileness Fats* · *Meet The Residents* · *The Third Reich 'n Roll* · "Satisfaction" · "Aphids In The Hall" · The Cryptic Corporation · *WB:RMX*‎‎‏‏‎