Everything's Okay

[00:05.52] I went to the country - just the other day
[00:11.05] To see my Uncle Bill and sorta pass the time away
[00:14.65] I asked him how he'd been - since last, I'd passed his way
[00:17.39] He rubbed his chin - here's what he had to say.
[00:21.07] "My wife's been sick - the young'ns, too
[00:24.66] And I'm durn near - down with the flu
[00:27.47] The cow's gone dry - and them hens won't lay
[00:30.16] But - we're still a-livin' - so everything's Okay
[00:35.53] The hogs took the cholera and they've all done died
[00:38.21] The bees got mad - and they left the hive
[00:41.85] The weevils got the corn and the rain rotted the hay
[00:44.54] But - we're still a-livin' - so everything's Okay
[00:49.08] The porch rotted down - that's more expense
[00:52.75] The durned old mule - he tore down the fence
[00:55.49] The mortgage is due and - I can't pay
[00:59.02] But - we're still a-livin' - so everything's Okay
[01:03.58] The cow broke in the field and eat up the beans
[01:06.23] The durn rabbits - they got the turnip greens
[01:09.88] And my Ma-in-law just moved in to stay
[01:12.55] But - we're still a-livin' - so everything's Okay
[01:18.03] My land's so poor - so hard and "yeller"
[01:20.78] You have to set on a sack of fetilizer to raise an "umbreller"
[01:24.37] And it rains out here - nearly ever' day
[01:28.85] But - we're still a-livin' - so everything's Ok
[01:32.46] The well's gone dry and I have to tote the water
[01:35.16] Up from the spring - about a mile and a quarter
[01:38.75] My helper, he quit - for the lack of pay
[01:41.56] But - we're still a-livin' - so everything's Okay
[01:46.92] The house it leaks - it needs a new top
[01:49.69] When it rains - it wets ever'thing we got
[01:53.23] The chimney fell down - just yesterday
[01:55.95] But - we're still a-livin' - so everything's Okay
[02:01.34] The corn meals gone and the meat's run out
[02:04.48] Got nothin' to kill to put in the smokehouse
[02:08.03] The preacher's comin' Sunday - to spend the day
[02:10.72] But - we're still a-livin' - so everything's Okay
[02:14.35] The canned stuff's spoiled - else the jar's got broke
[02:18.90] And all we got left is one old Billy goat
[02:22.58] We're gonna have a new baby about the first of May
[02:25.28] But - we're still a-livin' - so everything's Okay
[02:30.62] My crop it rotted - in the ground
[02:33.33] I asked for another loan but the banker turned me down
[02:36.92] But - we're still a-livin' and we're prayin' for better days
[02:40.51] So - after all, ever'thing's in purty good shape."
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