Now you done spent all my 1940 rent
                                                                woman, you done worked on my substitute
Now you done spent all my 1940 rent
                                                                woman, you done worked on my substitute
Then if you don't reach that 1941
                                                            oooo babe, what in the world you gonna do

Now they oughta cut off so many trucks and tractors
                                                                                        white folks, you oughta work more mules and men
Now thev oughta cut off so many trucks and tractors
                                                                                        white folks, you oughta work more mules and men
                                                                        (tell 'em about it)
Then you know that would make
                                                            (what?)
                                                                                oooo boy, money get thick again

Now when a man gets his together
                                                        you know he's turning his stocks into feed
Now when a man gets together
                                                    you all know he's turning his stocks into feed
He say he gonna sell all his corn and buy gas
                                                                            oooo boy, and it's for his little automobile

Now I been studying, I been wondering
                                                                        what make a man turn the ground in the -,wintertime
Now I been studying, I been wondering
                                                                        what make a tire turn the ground in the wintertime
You know, let the snow and rain rot the grass
                                                                                oooo boy, that make ferd4er for the ground

Now the government given us a school in Brownsville
                                                                                            boys you know I think that's very nice
Now the government given us a school in Brownsville
                                                                                            boys you know I think that's very nice
You know the children can go in the daytime
                                                                            oooo boy, and the old folks have it at night