Tom: Dm
Dm Bb
Tell you a little story and it won't take long
C Dm
'Bout a lazy farmer who wouldn't hoe his corn
Dm Bb
The reason why I never could tell
C Dm
That young man was always well
[Verse 2]
Dm Bb
He planted his corn in the month of June
C Dm
By July it was up to his eyes
Dm Bb
Come September there came a big frost
C Dm
And all the young man's corn was lost
[Verse 3]
Dm Bb
His courtship had just begun
C Dm
Said young man, "Have you hauled some corn?"
Dm Bb
"Well I tried and I tried and I tried in vain,
C Dm
But I don't believe I raised one grain."
[Verse 4]
Dm Bb
Well he went down town to his neighbor's door
C Dm
Where he had often been before
Dm Bb
Sayin "Pretty little miss will you marry me,
C Dm
Little miss what do you say?"
[Verse 5]
Dm Bb
"Why do you come for me to wed?
C Dm
You can't even make your own cornbread
Dm Bb
Single I am and will remain.
C Dm
A lazy man I won't maintain."
[Verse 6]
Dm Bb
He turned his back and walked away
C Dm
Sayin "Little miss you'll rue the day.
Dm Bb
You'll rue the day that you were born
C Dm
Givin me the devil cause I wouldn't hoe corn."
