Song of the South

Song of the South - Bobby Bare

Cotton on the roadside cotton in the ditch

We all picked the cotton but we never got rich

Daddy was a veteran a Southern Democrat

Said they oughta kill a rich man to vote like that

Sing a song song of the south

Sweet potato pie and shut my mouth

Gone gone with the wind

Ain't nobody looking back again

Well I was eighteen fore I ate my fill

We lied on the garden and the cow's good will

Winter was wet and the summer was dry

And mama was old at thirty-five

Somebody told us Wall Street fell

So damn poor we couldn't even tell

Cotton was short and the weeds were tall

Mr Roosevelt's gonna save us all

Sing a song song of the south

Sweet potato pie and shut my mouth

Gone gone with the wind

Ain't nobody looking back again

Mama got sick and daddy got down

County got the farm and they moved to town

Daddy took a job with the TVA

Bought a washing machine and a Chevrolet

Sing a song song of the south

Sweet potato pie and shut my mouth

Gone gone with the wind

Ain't nobody looking back again

Sing a song song of the south

Sweet potato pie and shut my mouth

Gone gone with the wind

Ain't nobody looking back again

Song song of the south

Sweet potato pie and shut my mouth

Gone gone with the wind

Ain't nobody looking back again