Mountain Studies

Studyin' money make a man weep studyin' bout what he can't keep cause ol' Uncle Sam's been studyin' too come along and take it away from you. Studyin' bout nuthin' if you don't know how to shear a sheep or milk a cow just what good is what you know if you ain't got young'uns to show where to find a ginsing patch or how to build a fire without a match. With a head full of studyin' not a thing to make your soul to sing like makin' a banjo (ya done forgot) or whittlin' a toy for a tiny tot, and eatin' home cookin' from a garden plot. What folks is studyin' today is how to cheat on the games they play with other folks money or cheatin' on their honey who's been a meetin' another when she said she were a-studyin'. Nope, I think I'll just sit here 'n study the sky and hope the Good Lord by and by finds a moment to take me on home and someday somebody'll be studyin' my bones.