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Delaney Place (A Dollar A Day)

© by: Verne Garrison

February 23, 2006; Valley Park, MO.

The Delaney Place (A Dollar A Day)

(D) When I was a kid, we lived on the Delaney (G) Place

(A) My dad was the hired-(D) man

Everyday was a regular rat- (G) race

(A) But now I know it was part of a bigger (D) plan

Chorus: (D) Shucking corn by hand in the (G) Fall

(A) One cent a bushel was the (D) pay

Milking cows and slopping hogs and (G) all

(A) Worked long and hard for a dollar a (D) day

(D) The rooms in the old house had high (G) ceilings

(A) Wall paper kept out the wind and (D) the dust

I remember with mixed (G) feelings,

(A) Featherbeds, heavy comforts, to keep warm, (D) a must

(D) Come Winter, the sows had their (G) litter

(A) There was always a runt who was pushed (D) away

We’d bring it inside and spoon feed milk its (G) dinner

(A) Till it was warm and strong enough to make its (D) way

Chorus: (D) Shucking corn by hand in the (G) Fall

(A) One cent a bushel was the (D) pay

Milking cows and slopping hogs and (G) all

(A) Worked long and hard for a dollar a (D) day

(D) Just as the winters were (G) cold

(A) The summers were just as (D) hot

Many times I have been (G) told

(A) We slept out in the yard on a mattress or (D) cot

(D) Mr. Delaney was a rich old (G) man

(A) But he treated us pretty (D) nice

Cause my dad was a good hired (G) man

(A) We had shelter so long as Dad paid the (D) price

Chorus: (D) Shucking corn by hand in the (G) Fall

(A) One cent a bushel was the (D) pay

Milking cows and slopping hogs and (G) all

(A) Worked long and hard for a dollar a (D) day