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Poor Folks-Poor Ways

by: Verne Garrison Valley Park, Mo. May 21, 2007

Poor (D) folks have (G) poor (D) ways

Thats what they said when I was growing (A) up

Low (D) pay and long, (G) long (D) days

Back then, you (A) had to be (D) tough

We lived in a share-(G) croppers (D) house

High ceilings and wall-papered (A) walls

Poorer (D) than country (G) church (D) mouse

But we were (A) happy, all of (D) us

Mama made us clothes from (G) old flour (D) sacks

And we had only one pair of shoes to (A) wear

But we could make it cause (G) we bowed our (D) backs

Daddy cut every-(A) bodys (D) hair

Saturday night, we all (G) had a (D) bath

Three inches of water in a three foot (A) tub

Cleanest (D) kid got (G) to go (D) first

Dirtiest had (A) to be (D) last

We were dutch-(G) scrubbed (D) clean

Shiny as a (A) penny

Sun (D) tanned, (G) skinny and (D) lean

Going to town to (A) get some (D) candy

None of us (G) knew of any better (D) days

We were just poor (A) folk

With poor (D) ways