Jody
 
I've been working here all day long
Yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah
Picking this stuff called cotton and corn
Yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah

We raise cotton, cane, and corn
Yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah
Taters and tomatoes and that ain't all
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Back is weak and I done got tired
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Got to tighten up just to save my hide
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Boss on a horse and he's watching us all
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Better tighten up, don't we'll catch the hall
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Wonder if the major will go my bail
Yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah
Give me twelve hours standing on the rail
Yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah

Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah

I see the captain sitting in the shade
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
He don't do nothing but-a he get paid
Yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah

We work seven long days in a row
Yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah
Two sacks of Bull and a picture show
Yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah

In the wintertime we don't get no lay
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Cutting cane and making syrups-a every day
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

When it get wet in the cane field
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
All the squads work around the old syrup mill
Yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah

Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah

Two more months and it won't be long
Yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah
Gonna catch the chain 'cause I'm going home
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Going back home to my old gal Sue
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
My buddy's wife and his sister, too
Yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah

Ain't no need of you writing home
Yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah
Jody's got your gal and gone
Yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah

Ain't no need of you feeling blue
Yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah
Jody's got your sister, too

First thing I'll do when I get-a home
Yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah
Call my woman on the telephone
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah

Gonna settle down for the rest of my life
Yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah
Get myself a job and get myself a wife
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Six long years I've been in the pen
Yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah
Don't want to come to this place ag
Yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah

Captain and the boss is driving us on
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Making us wish we'd-a stayed at home
Yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah

If we had listened what our mama say
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
We wouldn't be cutting wood a-here today
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah

Captain and the boss is driving us on
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Making us wish we'd-a stayed at home
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

If we had listened what our mama say
Yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah
We wouldn't dropping big timber here today

Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah

[Push 'em jack, rolling it up here boss  .(etc.-talking)]