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"9 Foot Sack" lyrics

Tony Joe White Lyrics

"9 Foot Sack"

My daddy was a cotton farmer
He found a little place
40 acres on the river
Seven kids to raise

He never looked back
Made sure we was fed
We all were just happy
To have a roof over our heads

Wake us up at daylight
Momma had the breakfast on
We ate like hungry wolves
Then walked out in the dawn

Picked up a 9 foot sack
And strapped it on
And stay out in the fields
Untill the day was gone

We was poor
But we didn't know it
The patches on our clothes
Only thing that showed it

We had food in the garden
Watermelon on the vine
A clean river for swimming
At quitting time

Take off the 9 foot sack
And lay it down
And stay out in the water
Till the sun goes down


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album: "Hoodoo" (2013)
Tony Joe White - Hoodoo album cover
The Gift
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Who You Gonna Hoodoo Now?
9 Foot Sack
Alligator, Mississippi
The Flood
Storm Comin'
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Sweet Tooth
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