Po' Folks Lyrics - Norma Jean

There's a whole lotta people 

Lookin' down their noses at me 

'Cause I didn't come from a wealthy family 

There was ten of us livin' in a two room shack 

On the banks of the river by the railroad track 

We kept chickens in a pen in the back 

And everybody said we was po' folks 

My daddy was a farmer but all he ever raised was us 

Dug a forty foot well, struck thirty six gallons of dust 

The Salvation Army gave us clothes to wear 

A man from the county came to cut our hair 

We lived next door to a millionaire 

But we hadn't nothin' but po' folks 

We was po' folks livin' in a rich folks world 

We sure was a hungry bunch 

If the wolf had ever come to our front door 

He'd had to brought a picnic lunch 

My granddaddy's pension was 

A dollar and thirty three cents 

That was ten dollars less than 

The landlord wanted for rent 

The landlord's letters got nasty 

Indeed, he wrote get out but pa couldn't read 

We were too broke to even pay heed 

But that's how it is when you're po' folks 

We was po' folks livin' in a rich folks world 

We sure was a hungry bunch 

If the wolf had ever come to our front door 

He'd had to brought a picnic lunch 

But we had somethin' in our house money can't buy 

Kept us warm in the winter cool when the sun was high 

For whenever we didn't have food enough 

And the howling winds would get pretty rough 

We patched the cracks and set the table with love 

'Cause that's what you do when you're po' folks 

And we hadn't nothin' but po' folks 

My mom and my daddy was po' folks 

My brother and my sister was po' folks 

My dog and my cat was po' folks