Daddy Was A God Fearin' Man Lyrics - The Illustrated David Allan Coe: 4 Classic Albums 1977-1979 - David Allan Coe

Used to go with my grandpa up to the town square 

Set him down up there on a picnic bench 

And he used to play checkers with them other old menup there 

They used to tell stories bout when they were kids 

Grandpa says he shot the Chief of Police when he was nine years old 

I believe it 

Cause they tell me Harlan Knetucky was the baddest place in the world 

Why they say they used to sit out there on their front porch 

Shoot them revenuers when they'd come down the hollow 

Said they was so young took two of them boys 

To hold the rifle and one to pull the trigger 

Well grandpa he'd lie a little bit 

But I'll tell you there's a lot of stories in Harlan County 

Yeah folks in Harlan County Lord they knew that we were poor 

They always called my daddy Preacher Dan 

But daddy weren't no preacher least ways I don't recallect 

Never hear of papa talk of nothin' but the land 

Daddy was a God fearin' farmer yes he was 

Could not read nor write Lord he could barely sign his name 

Daddy was a God fearin' farmer all his life someday when I'm grown I'll be the same 

Well he always grew tobacco though he did not smoke himself 

He had the best tobacco crop around 

And he never touched a drop of liquor that I can recall 

Papa made his livin' on the ground 

Yes Sunday go to meetin' called for more than he could stand 

I guess he felt at home in his old clothes 

But he never missed a Sunday takin' mama to the church 

Maybe it was habit Lord but heaven only knows 

Daddy was a God fearin' farmer... 

[ steel - fiddle ] 

Yeah folks in Harlan County Lord.... 

Someday when I'm grown I'll be the same someday when I'm grown I'll be the same