Bygone Country Life

The barn rooster crows Big and little ones arise It’s a country life Life of work and fun Hunor must rise with the sun Laughing has its turn Everyone must try From here to the by and by Make the load lighter “Where y’all going now We fixin’ to milk the cow You shore y’all know how” Tomorrow we go Downtown to the picture show Once out the short rows Pa ain’t keen ‘bout it Thinks it’s the old devil’s way To get hard earned dime Ma says it’s alright But we must behave ourselves Do what the Book says Again in the fields Plowing the dirt with ole mule Life turns on slow wheels Work sunup to dusk Ain’t no need to fret or fuss No one gives a cuss Milking the old cow Plowing, praying, and laughing Bygone country life