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I went to the country - just the other day |
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To see my Uncle Bill and sorta pass the time away |
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I asked him how he'd been - since last, I'd passed his way |
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He rubbed his chin - here's what he had to say. |
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"My wife's been sick - the young'ns, too |
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And I'm durn near - down with the flu |
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The cow's gone dry - and them hens won't lay |
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But - we're still a-livin' - so EVER'THING'S Okay. |
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The hogs took the cholera and they've all done died |
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The bees got mad - and they left the hive |
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The weevils got the corn and the rain rotted the hay |
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But - we're still a-livin' - so EVER'THING'S Okay. |
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The porch rotted down - that's more expense |
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The durned old mule - he tore down the fence |
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The mortgage is due and - I can't pay |
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But - we're still a-livin' - so EVER'THING'S Okay. |
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The cow broke in the field and eat up the beans |
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The durn rabbits - they got the turnip greens |
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And my Ma-in-law just moved in to stay |
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But - we're still a-livin' - so EVER'THING'S Okay. |
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My land's so poor - so hard and "yeller" |
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You have to set on a sack of fetilizer to raise an "umbreller" |
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And it rains out here - nearly ever' day |
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But - we're still a-livin' - so EVER'THING'S Okay. |
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The well's gone dry and I have to tote the water |
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Up from the spring - about a mile and a quarter |
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My helper, he quit - for the lack of pay |
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But - we're still a-livin' - so EVER'THING'S Okay. |
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The house it leaks - it needs a new top |
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When it rains - it wets ever'thing we got |
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The chimney fell down - just yesterday |
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But - we're still a-livin' - so EVER'THING'S Okay. |
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The corn meals gone and the meat's run out |
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Got nothin' to kill to put in the smokehouse |
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The preacher's comin' Sunday - to spend the day |
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But - we're still a-livin' - so EVER'THING'S Okay. |
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The canned stuff's spoiled - else the jar's got broke |
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And all we got left is one old Billy goat |
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We're gonna have a new baby about the first of May |
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But - we're still a-livin' - so EVER'THING'S Okay. |
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My crop it rotted - in the ground |
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I asked for another loan but the banker turned me down |
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But - we're still a-livin' and we're prayin' for better days |
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So - after all, ever'thing's in purty good shape." |
