[00:11.45]Seven cent cotton an' a forty cent meat
[00:13.74]How in the world can a poor man eat?
[00:15.98]Flour up high and cotton down low
[00:18.27]How in the world can we raise the dough?
[00:20.81]Clothes worn out, shoes run down
[00:22.97]Ol' slouch hat with a hole in the crown
[00:25.36]Back nearly broken and fingers all sore
[00:27.70]Cotton gone down to rise no more
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[00:40.93]Seven cent cotton an' eight dollar pants
[00:43.01]Who in the world has got a chance?
[00:45.20]We can't buy clothes, we can't buy meat
[00:48.00]Too much cotton and not enough to eat
[00:50.28]Can't help each other, what'll we do?
[00:52.48]I can't explain it so it's up to you
[00:54.77]Seven cent cotton and two dollar hose
[00:57.17]Guess we'll have to do without any clothes
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[01:05.11]Seven cent cotton an' a forty cent meat
[01:08.23]How in the world can a poor man eat?
[01:10.37]Mules in the barn no crop laid by
[01:13.03]Corn crib's empty and the cow's gone dry
[01:15.52]Well water low, nearly outta sight
[01:17.87]Can't take a bath on a Saturday night
[01:19.91]No use talkin', any man is beat
[01:22.50]With seven cent cotton an' a forty cent meat
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[01:35.63]Seven cent cotton an' a forty cent meat
[01:37.67]How in the world can a poor man eat?
[01:40.02]Poor are gettin' poorer all around here
[01:42.50]Kids comin' regular every year
[01:44.65]Fatten our harvest, take into town
[01:47.09]All we get is six cents a pound
[01:49.53]Very next day we have to buy it back
[01:51.62]Forty cents a pound in a paper sack