Sharecropper's Son
Yonder Mountain String Band
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WE MOVED HERE FROM SUNHEARST WHEN I WAS FOURTEEN WORKED THIS POOR GROUND FOR BACON AND BEANS LANDLORD TOLD ME THAT THE HARD TIMES ARE NEAR IT DIDN'T MEAN A THING 'CAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY HERE CHORUS (after each verse): DAYLIGHT TILL DARK MY WORK'S NEVER DONE LORD HAVE MERCY ON THIS SHARECROPPER'S SON MAMA'S GOT THE FEVER AND THE BABY'S SICK TOO PAPA'S DOWNTOWN JUST SOAKIN' UP THAT BOOZE JUST OUT OF PRISON, SAYS HE'S NEVER GOIN' BACK AIN'T A BLOODHOUND IN GEORGIA THAT CAN FOLLOW HIS TRACK WE BOUGHT A NEW MULE, BROUGHT HIM UP FROM DOWN SOUTH HE'LL KICK THE CHEW TOBACCO RIGHT OUT OF YOUR MOUTH WATER IN THE WELL NEARLY OUT OF SIGHT CAN'T TAKE A BATH ON A SATURDAY NIGHT OUR CROPS ARE ALL WILTED, NO RAIN DAY OR NIGHT PREACHER'S HERE FOR DINNER, WE AIN'T GOT A BITE ELEVEN IN THE FAMILY, TEN DAUGHTERS AND A SON MAMA JUST TOLD US THERE'LL BE ANOTHER ONE
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Written by: CARTER STANLEY, RALPH STANLEY
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