Sharecropper's Son Lyrics - Singles - Yonder Mountain String Band

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