The Boy Who Wouldn’t Hoe Corn Capo 3
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Tell you a little story and it won't take long
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'Bout a lazy farmer who wouldn't hoe his corn
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The reason why I never could tell
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That young man was always well
[Verse 2]
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He planted his corn in the month of June
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By July it was up to his eyes
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Come September there came a big frost
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And all the young man's corn was lost
[Verse 3]
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His courtship had just begun
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Said young man, "Have you hauled some corn?"
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"Well I tried and I tried and I tried in vain,
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But I don't believe I raised one grain."
[Verse 4]
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He went down town to his neighbor's door
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Where he had often been before
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Sayin "Pretty little miss will you marry me,
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Little miss what do you say?"
[Verse 5]
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"Why do you come for me to wed?
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You can't even make your own cornbread
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Single I am and will remain.
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A lazy man I won't maintain."
[Verse 6]
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He turned his back and walked away
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Sayin "Little miss you'll rue the day.
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You'll rue the day that you were born
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Givin me the devil cause I wouldn't hoe corn."
