Chicken Every Sunday Lyrics - Dolly Parton

Just because all my dresses are just cotton hand-me-downs 

This family calls me the lower class 

Cause we're only poor folks on the other side of town 

They won't let him walk up my path 

But my mama says don't worry when they say those things about ye 

You remember you're just as good as him 

Just because they got that big house settin' way upon the hill 

Why you don't have to look up to them 

We've got chicken every Sunday and the preacher comes around 

And every Saturday morning daddy takes us all to town 

And we'd go to the picture show or picnics on the ground 

Oh that's the lower class and I'm glad that's what I am 

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Cause my mama don't belong to the ladies social set 

My daddy can't afford the country club 

His folks look down on me and they don't let us date 

Cause they think that I'm not good enough 

But my mama says forgive him honey he ain't worthy of 

And in anything you're too good for him 

Just because they've got money and a big fine house 

Well we won't take no self off of them 

We've got chicken every Sunday... 

We've got chicken every Sunday... 

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