Up Yonder

Up yonder mom is laughing there is no cotton to pick for once she has enough food to eat up yonder up yonder grandpa strums his secondhand banjo mom taps her toes and sings 'red river valley' up yonder up yonder the sweat from the Oklahoma heat is a memory but her worn out calico dress is still a treasure up yonder up yonder treating the angels as she would her precious children "settle down now don't make me go get a switch." up yonder up yonder she waits for the love of her life she knows one day they will meet again up yonder