The work is hard and the hours are long The money ain't much but we get along We're rich in…
Come and listen you fellows So young and do fine And seek not your fortune In the dark, dreary mines…
When the mornin' sun Streaks across my room And I'm wakin' up From another dream of you Yes, you know…
You know last night I went to sleep in Detroit city And I dreamed about those cotton fields and home…
Some men find her sexy, some men disagree But if she's not, it's not because she doesn't want to be…
You may not know me now But I have been around You'll never see my name on any pages I'm…
The crops are all in and the peaches are rotting The oranges are piled in their creosote dumps You're flying…
There is a house down in New Orleans Down in the Vieux Carr'e A house they call the rising sun…
Many years you have lingered around my cabin door Oh hard times come again no more Oh hard times come…
Tumble outta bed And I stumble to the kitchen Pour myself a cup of ambition And yawn and stretch And…