TUTT Divine Treasury
By: Richard T. Gannon
"Dancing With Angus At
Home"
Email: Dancing With Angus At Home
Music: "Old Folks At Home," by Stephen Foster (1826-64)
Lyric: Stephen Foster & Richard Gannon © 2001 TUTTglobal.com
| Old Folks At Home | Dancing With Angus At Home | |
| Way down upon the Swanee River | Way down upon the pasture yonder, | |
| Far, far away, | Past the timber and hay, | |
| There’s where my heart is turning ever, | There’s where his heart is turning ever, | |
| There’s where the old folks stay. | There’s where Pa's Angus stay. | |
| All up and down the whole creation, | All up and down "Flying Golf Meadow", | |
| Sadly I roam, | Lazy they graze, | |
| Still longing for the old plantation, | Lowing in sweet Sudan grass they mow, | |
| And for the old folks at home. Chorus. | Toujours in his Soul's grace and gaze. Chorus. | |
| All ’round the little farm I wandered | All 'round our family farm we labored | |
| When I was young, | When we were young, | |
| Then many happy days I squandered, | Pa was yelling if time was squandered, | |
| Many the songs I sung. | Many the chores we done. | |
| When I was playing with my brother | When Ma was having all us kids then, | |
| Happy was I. | Happy was Pa. | |
| Oh! take me to my kind old mother, | Now he’s with cows and kin in Heaven, | |
| There let me live and die. Chorus. | That’s from Visions I saw. Chorus. | |
| One little hut among the bushes, | One little scene among the Visions, | |
| One that I love, | One that I love, | |
| Still sadly to my mem’ry rushes | Still swiftly to my mem’ry rushes, | |
| No matter where I rove. | On The Holy Ghost from above: | |
| When will I see the bees a-humming | Us kids once saw Ma and Pa kissin', | |
| All ’round the comb? | We weren't yet grown, | |
| When will I hear the banjo strumming | We commenced a-whoopin' and laughin', | |
| Down in my good old home? Chorus. | Down in our good old home. Chorus. | |
| Chorus: | Chorus: | |
| All the world is sad and dreary, | In Heaven, cows utter praise of pedigree, | |
| Everywhere I roam, | Calving in the brome, | |
| Oh darkies, how my heart grows weary, | Oh, how Pa longs for my dear ol' mammy, | |
| Far from the old folks at home. | Dancing with Angus at home. | |
"In Memory Of Mean Ol' Pa"
Pa often told Ma how fair our black Angus looked in our green pastures. This is written in memory of my Pa, John Gannon, who died in January, 1999. Pa started Gannon Angus 65 years ago, it is now the oldest and largest pure-bred Angus herd in central Iowa.
This is also written in memory of an old nomad in the Sahara Desert, Mali, French West Africa, the former French Sudan, where I worked 4 years. He was on his death bed when I met him, I used to sit and talk with with him as he lay dying, all he could think about was seeing his cows walk before him. That memory will forever be in my heart's eye. Every cow knew it's own name and he could call a cow by name out of the herd and that cow would come to him. Thanks to that nomad, I kept telling Pa, as he lay suffering for days on his deathbed, to keep dreaming about his Angus cows and his golf. And above all, dream of Jesus on The Cross, and how much poorer Jesus was and how much more He suffered. The greatest dream is to dream of Jesus on The Cross, many Saints wrote and said. Dream this and Jesus will make your other dreams come true, then He'll help you dream up new dreams.
The American Angus Association listed 20 Gannon Angus cows in the American Angus Association's 1999 Pathfinder Report. In the early 1990s, when Monfort had a slaughterhouse in Des Moines, a semi-truckload of Gannon Angus was sold to Monfort, and Monfort sold that Gannon Angus beef to McDonald's Restaurants.
Also during the early 1990s, a leading meat packer in Japan had an office in Des Moines that purchased a semi-truckload of Gannon Angus each year for several years; the cattle were ready to be slaughtered for the U.S. market, but the Japanese put the cattle in a contract feedlot and fed them until they weighed 300-400 lbs. over U.S. market weight, thus giving the meat the marbling desired in Japan. The cattle were butchered and the carcusses flown to Japan by air. The same Japan group purchased heifers from Gannon Angus for thier farm in Missouri.
Why Gannon Angus? Genetics carefully selected over 65 years by the founder of Gannon Angus, John J. Gannon. Artificial insemination for 25 years. Genetics, proper feed, family care, etc. Come see the cows and see why Gannon Angus cows are so special. Visitors are always welcome and encouraged to stop by anytime. Gannon Angus are from Gannon Farm, a family farm settled during the Civil War, and now, the 7th Gannon generation is on the family farm. Gannon Farm has been in the Purebred Registered Black Angus business for over 65 years; the Gannon Angus herd is one of the oldest and largest Registered Purebred Angus herds in Central Iowa.
Gannon Angus was started in the 5th Gannon generation, by Black Angus John
J. Gannon, famous for his Angus, work ethic and having 14 children with his
wife Helen: 7 daughters and 7 sons. Family legend has it that once Pa took an
Angus bull to the Colfax, Iowa sales barn. As the bull was brought into the sales
arena, the auctioneer Sheilds cried out, "This here Angus bull is own by famous
Black Angus John J. Gannon, sire of 14 kids: 7 sons and 7 daughters." A
farmer in the crowd yelled back, "To hell with the bull, we want to see John
Gannon! We want to congratulate that Papist! Bring him in to the arena!" True
or not, that is just one story of the many stories lived and told during "The
Idyllic Farm Life, Sayings & Legend of Black Angus John J. Gannon."
Written by Richard Gannon, TUTT President & CEO, August, 1999
To Read More:
Go to Gannon Farm History
Go to TUTT Angus
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