Old Black Kettle Lyrics - Dolly Parton

Well I remember when I was just little 

Mama used to cook on an old black kettle 

On an old wood stove she'd had since she was wed 

Well the oven door was sprung a little bit 

So we propped it up with a forked stick 

But that didn't matter cause Mama kept us fed 

My mama and daddy must have loved each other 

Cause I had eleven sisters and brothers 

And the girls worked just as hard as the boys did 

There was corn to hoe then we'd go hoe it 

We might have been poor but we didn't know it 

We'd heard that word but we didn't know what it meant 

Oh we used to have such a good life 

And the days that I knew then are the happiest I've known 

And oh didn't we have such a good time 

It's sad to think the old black kettle's gone 

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Well there was nothing that pleased us any better 

Than when we got an occasional letter 

From kin folks livin' up north in some big town 

We'd think of all the games we'd play 

And we just couldn't hardly wait 

When our city cousins said they'ze a comin' down 

Now Mama's done away with the old black kettle 

She used to cook in when I was just little 

And the door ain't sprung on her electric range 

That little farm and home we had 

It ain't there no more and that's too bad 

Folks are doin' away with the simple things 

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And oh we used to have such a good life 

And the days that I knew then are the happiest I've known 

And oh didn't we have such a good time 

It's sad to think the old black kettle's gone 

Now, I just mean to say the simple things are gone 

The old black kettle's gone