"Sharecropper's Son" lyrics
Billy Strings & Don Julin Lyrics
(originally by the Stanley Brothers)
We moved here from Summers when I was fourteen
Worked this poor ground for bacon and beans
The landlord told me the hard times were near
Didn't mean a thing cause they're already here
Well daylight till dark my work's never done
Lord have mercy on this sharecropper's son
Well Momma's got the fever and the baby's sick too
Daddy's downtown just a-soakin' up that booze
Well he's fresh out of prison says he ain't going back
Ain't a bloodhound in Georgia that could follow his track
Well daylight till dark my work's never done
Lord have mercy on this sharecropper's son
We got a new mule brought him up from down south
He'll kick the chewin' tobacco right out of your mouth
Eleven in the family, ten daughter's and a son
Momma just told us there'll be another one
Well daylight till dark my work's never done
Lord have mercy on this sharecropper's son
Well daylight till dark my work's never done
Lord have mercy on this sharecropper's son
Worked this poor ground for bacon and beans
The landlord told me the hard times were near
Didn't mean a thing cause they're already here
Well daylight till dark my work's never done
Lord have mercy on this sharecropper's son
Well Momma's got the fever and the baby's sick too
Daddy's downtown just a-soakin' up that booze
Well he's fresh out of prison says he ain't going back
Ain't a bloodhound in Georgia that could follow his track
Well daylight till dark my work's never done
Lord have mercy on this sharecropper's son
We got a new mule brought him up from down south
He'll kick the chewin' tobacco right out of your mouth
Eleven in the family, ten daughter's and a son
Momma just told us there'll be another one
Well daylight till dark my work's never done
Lord have mercy on this sharecropper's son
Well daylight till dark my work's never done
Lord have mercy on this sharecropper's son
Writer(s): Carter Stanley, Ralph Stanley
