I was a plowhand for forty years,
I swore I would never plow no more
Yeah, I was a plowhand for forty years,
I swore I would never plow no more
Now, I'm a married man, now, oh, Lord,
there ain't no more so and so
I'm goin' back to my plow,
Lord, and a woman is the cause of it all
Yes, back to my plow now, yes, and a
woman is the cause of it all
Now, she said "If you don't raise no cotton, oh, Lord,
Bill we won't have no money in the fall"
I declare I'm goin' git my old mule too
Now, I have really promised, oh,
lord, I really got that to do
girl, if you know just what to do
Farmin' is alright, girl, I declare,
if you know just what to do
'Cause it killed my old grand pappy, oh,
Lord, I declare I'm gonna make it kill me too
Ev'ry night, I'm callin' John,
Yeah, ev'ry night I'm callin'
Now, I had a dream last night, oh,
Lord, that old mule was in my hat