SHE DUG YOU

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She dug you, yeah, yeah, yeah, she dug you, yeah, yeah, yeah
She dug you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

You say you lost your tilth, well I saw it yesterday
But then she chopped you up, turned you over, you wet clay

You know she dug you, and she dug you real bad
She double-dug you, and it makes me oh so sad

She killed much soil life too, disturbed the earthworms in their homes
Displaced microbes high and low, topped you with subsoil and with stones

Because she dug you, and she dug you real bad
She double-dug you, and it makes me oh so mad -- ooo!

She dug you, yeah, yeah, yeah, she dug you, yeah, yeah, yeah
When you're dug like that, it makes me really sad

Where self-sown mustards grew is now a barren place
Perennial herbs and flowers have vanished without trace

Because she dug you, and she dug you real bad
She double-dug you, and it makes me hopping mad -- ooo!

She dug you, yeah, yeah, yeah, she dug you, yeah, yeah, yeah
When you're dug like that, it makes me really sad
When you're dug like that, it makes me really sad
When you're dug like that, it makes me really sad

Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Comments: Tilth refers to that desirable, crumby structure in a soil that results from the activities of a healthy soil biota and sensitive cultivation practices. Responding to charges that this song is unfairly onesided, the Beetless have emphasized repeatedly that double-digging (which involves cultivating the soil to two spade-depths) can be beneficial in certain circumstances, when done correctly (see any of John Jeavons' books). However, they point out, it often does more harm than good. In wet clay soils, any digging can do more harm than good. This is a true story.