Song of the South

Song Of The South - Tom T. Hall

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 lookin' back again

Well i was eighteen fore i ate my fill

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

Winter was wet and the summer was dry

And mama she was old at thirty-five

Sing a song song of the south

Sweet potato pie and shut my mouth

Gone gone with the wind

Ain't nobody lookin' back again

Well somebody told us that 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 lookin' back again

Well mama got sick and daddy got down

County got the farm and they moved to town

Daddy took a job with the tva

We bought a washin' machine and a new chevrolet

Sing a song song of the south

Sweet potato pie and shut my mouth

Gone gone with the wind

Ain't nobody lookin' back again

Song song of the south

Sweet potato pie and shut my mouth

Gone gone with the wind

Ain't nobody lookin' back again

Song song of the south

Sweet potato pie and shut my mouth

Gone gone with the wind

Ain't nobody lookin' back again

Song song of the south

Sweet potato pie and shut my mouth

Gone gone with the wind