we want to do a song that hit home for a lot of folks back in the 30s
it was written by the late and great jimmy rogers it's called no hard time blues it
goes like this right here
i got a bear flower lord i got a bucket of lord hey i got a bear flower lord i got a bucket
i ain't got no blues got chickens in my backyard
i got corn in my crib and cotton growing in my patch
i got corn in my crib and cotton growing in my patch
i got that old hen sitting waiting for that old hen to hatch
the yodel-ay-oh hard time blue
i'm gonna itch up my mule and take a hold to my line
i'm gonna itch up my mule and take a hold to my line
here can't be bothered with all this old hard time go ahead and pick one now
get the truth honey
i'm gonna build me a shanty lord i'm gonna settle down
i'm gonna build me a shanty lord i'm gonna settle down
i'm gonna build me a shanty lord i'm gonna settle down
give me a corn fed mama lot of quitter running around the yodel-ay-oh hard time