| Hush up, honey, don’t you cry
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| Things are gonna get better in the by-and-by
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| And there ain’t a thing for a poor man
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| In this world
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| Work through the winter, work through the spring
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| Yeah plant my corn and taters and then it wouldn’t rain
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| And there ain’t a thing for a poor man
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| In this world
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| Now I got down on my knees
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| Lord I thought I’d pray
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| Along come a great big flood
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| Washed everything away
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| And there ain’t a thing for a poor man
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| In this world
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| Work through the winter, Lord, work through this fall
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| All I got for Christmas was a pair of overalls
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| And there ain’t a thing for a poor man
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| In this world
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| Well I got down on my knees
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| Looked up to the sky
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| All I can think of is to ask the good Lord why
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| And there ain’t a thing for a poor man
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| In this world
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| Well hush up, honey, Lord don’t get down
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| You know that I love you every way around
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| And there ain’t a thing for a poor man
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| In this world
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| And there ain’t a thing for a poor man
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| In this world |