Lake Fork Verne - Poor folks-poor ways

Poor ^Dfolks have ^Gpoor ^Dways Thats what they said when I was growing ^Aup Low ^Dpay and long, ^Glong ^Ddays Back then, you ^Ahad to be ^Dtough

We lived in a share- ^Gcroppers ^Dhouse High ceilings and wall-papered ^Awalls Poorer ^Dthan country ^Gchurch ^Dmouse But we were ^Ahappy, all of ^Dus

Mama made us clothes from ^Gold flour ^Dsacks And we had only one pair of shoes to w^Aear But we could make it cause ^Gwe bowed our ^Dbacks Daddy cut every- ^Abodys ^Dhair

Saturday night, we all ^Ghad a ^Dbath Three inches of water in a three foot ^Atub Cleanest ^Dkid got ^Gto go ^Dfirst Dirtiest had ^Ato be l^Dast

We were dutch- ^Gscrubbed ^Dclean Shiny as a ^Apenny Sun ^Dtanned, ^Gskinny and ^Dlean Going to town to ^Aget some ^Dcandy

None of us ^Gknew of any better ^Ddays We were just poor ^Afolk With poor ^Dways