The rattlesnake lift his head The horse he rolled to the ground The rattlesnake lift his head The horse he rolled to the ground Busted daddy into - you know it brung him down
Picking tobacco Out in the Georgia sun Picking tobacco Out in the Georgia sun Gal youngin' I'll whup ya - if you afraid of worms
The man in the big house Lord you know he always frowned The man in the big house Lord you know he always frowned Hit them fields - until the sun goes down
Come on in gal Get up off your knees Come on in gal Get up off your knees All we got - cornbread and black-eyed peas
If it don't kill you Lord it will make you strong If it don't kill you Lord it will make you strong No way to right - a world that was never wrong