The fields are bare, the harvest safe in store br Now is the time for man and beast to rest br King winter will enforce his frigid rule. br The fields are white, the harvest safe in store br In time the sun will shine and spring return br The earth will show renewed vitality br When sunshine puts an end to winters reign, br the frost retreats to let the spring return. br The farmers and the peasants know the score. br The city folk are merely parasites br who do not know nor want to know the score. br They are convinced they do not need to learn. br Confident that gold can buy anything, br this is not true. When famine strikes they’ll learn.br br ivor or ivor.