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Norma Jean
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Po' Folks
Lyricist:Bill Anderson
There's a whole lotta people Lookin' down their noses at me 'Cause I didn't come from a wealthy family There was ten of us livin' in a two room shack
On the banks of the river by the railroad track We kept chickens in a pen in the back And everybody said we was po' folks My daddy was a farmer but all he ever raised was us
Dug a forty foot well, struck thirty six gallons of dust The Salvation Army gave us clothes to wear A man from the county came to cut our hair We lived next door to a millionaire But we hadn't nothin' but po' folks
We was po' folks livin' in a rich folks world We sure was a hungry bunch If the wolf had ever come to our front door He'd had to brought a picnic lunch
My granddaddy's pension was A dollar and thirty three cents That was ten dollars less than Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com The landlord wanted for rent
The landlord's letters got nasty Indeed, he wrote get out but pa couldn't read We were too broke to even pay heed But that's how it is when you're po' folks
We was po' folks livin' in a rich folks world We sure was a hungry bunch If the wolf had ever come to our front door He'd had to brought a picnic lunch
But we had somethin' in our house money can't buy Kept us warm in the winter cool when the sun was high For whenever we didn't have food enough And the howling winds would get pretty rough
We patched the cracks and set the table with love 'Cause that's what you do when you're po' folks And we hadn't nothin' but po' folks My mom and my daddy was po' folks My brother and my sister was po' folks My dog and my cat was po' folks
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