[Verse 1] 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] He planted his corn in the month of June By July it was up to his eyes Come September there came a big frost And all the young man's corn was lost [Verse 3] His courtship had just begun Said young man, "Have you hauled some corn?" "Well I tried and I tried and I tried in vain, But I don't believe I raised one grain." [Verse 4] Well he went down town to his neighbor's door Where he had often been before Sayin "Pretty little miss will you marry me, Little miss what do you say?" [Verse 5] "Why do you come for me to wed? You can't even make your own cornbread Single I am and will remain. A lazy man I won't maintain." [Verse 6] He turned his back and walked away Sayin "Little miss you'll rue the day. You'll rue the day that you were born Givin me the devil cause I wouldn't hoe corn."
