The Farmer and the Cowman

"The Farmer and the Cowman"

Song Information Singers: Nancy Cartwright Pamela Hayden Characters: Bart Simpson Milhouse Van Houten Length: 0:16 Writer(s): Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II Appearance(s): "Milhouse of Sand and Fog"

"The Farmer and the Cowman" is a song sung by Bart and Milhouse.

History

Bart and Milhouse try to imitate a compromising scene from The O.C. in order to get Luann and Kirk Van Houten divorced, but they fail. Milhouse then recommends to use another film as a guide, in this case the musical Oklahoma!, and imagines him and Bart dancing to this song.

Lyrics

Milhouse:

Maybe we should use a different movie as our guide. Like Oklahoma!

(Milhouse has a fantasy where Bart and Milhouse are dressed as characters from the musical)

Bart and Milhouse:

Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends,

Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends.

Milhouse:

One man likes to push a plow...

Bart:

The one likes to chase a cow...

Bart and Milhouse:

But that's no reason why they cain't be friends.

(both shoot pistols)

Milhouse:

Whadaya think, Bart? A hoedown could solve all our problems.

Bart:

I thought I told you, no Rodgers and Hammerstein!

Milhouse:

Rodgers and Hart?

Bart:

No!

Behind the Laughter

"The Farmer and the Cowman" is one of the songs from the real musical Oklahoma!. It was written by the duo Rodgers and Hammerstein. Milhouse confuses Rodgers and Hammerstein with Rodgers and Hart, another duo of Broadway.

Appearances

Episode – "Milhouse of Sand and Fog"