Irrigation is a Theme: Music.

A very important person from the 70s, the Canadian Neil Young, in 2016 released Peace Trail, his 37-th studio album.

At track number 7, John Oaks, he tells the story of a naive farmer, in a country ballad.

In the first verse, the author exploit a scene of farming irrigation as a model of the quiet life to depict the character of his song.

More about the song here.