A Lazy Farmer Boy

A Lazy Farmer Boy - carter/Younf

I'll sing a little song

But it ain't very long

About a lazy farmer

Who wouldn't hoe his corn

And why it was I never could tell

For that young man was always well

That young man was always well

He planted his corn on June the last

In July it was up to his eye

In September there came a big frost

And all that young man's corn was lost

All that young man's corn was lost

He started to the field

And got there at last

The grass and weeds was up to his chin

The grass and weeds had grown so high

It caused that poor man for to sigh

Caused that poor man for to sigh

Now his courtship had just begun

She said Young man have you hoed your corn

I've tried I've tried I've tried in vaing

But I don't believe I'll raise one graing

Don't believe I'll raise one graing

Why do you come to me to wed

If you can't raise your own cornbread

Single I am and will remaing

For a lazy man I won't maintain

A lazy man I won't maintaing

He hung his head and walked away

Saying Kind miss you'll rue the day

You'll rue the day that you were born

For giving me the devil

'Cause I wouldn't hoe my corn

Giving me the devil

'Cause I wouldn't hoe my corn

Now his courtship was to an end

On his way he then began

Saying Kind miss I'll have another girl

If I have to ramble this big wide world

If I have to ramble this big wide world