| Know the blues ain’t nothing
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| But a Botheration on your mind
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| You know the blues ain’t nothing
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| But a botheration on your mind
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| When you think your woman’s gone
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| Your woman there with you all the time
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| I used to pick a whole lot of cotton baby
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| People used to say I pull a whole lot of corn
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| I used to pick a whole lot of cotton baby, people
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| And I used to pull a whole lot of corn
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| I used to tell the city boy what to do
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| But a little left of me, he just couldn’t learn
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| Ain’t it wonderful to know what to do
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| Special when you at home
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| Ain’t it wonderful to know what to do
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| Special when you at home
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| That’s why I would raise the working, lord, now
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| I tell Mister, Mr. Charley Farm
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| I couldn’t go to town 'til Saturday
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| Peoples, I couldn’t even spend my dough
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| I couldn’t even go to town 'til Saturday
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| Peoples, I couldn’t even spend my dough
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| You know I would even get scared, now
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| I was scared to go from door to door
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| Well alright babe
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| Well I wasn’t driving tractor
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| Baby I had me a old beat-up team
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| You know when I wasn’t driving tractor
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| You know I had me an old beat-up team
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| You know I was down in Mississippi
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| People, you know just what I mean
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| The work wasn’t so hard
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| But my boss was so doggone mean
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| You know the work wasn’t hard
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| But my boss was so doggone mean
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| But I had two pretty horses, lord
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| Two of the one you ever seen
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| Watch out Brother Robert
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| You know when you see me laughing
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| I’m laughing just to keep from crying
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| You know when you see me laughing
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| You know I’m laughing just to keep from crying
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| You know I done worked so hard
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| I can’t it off of my mind |