I went to the country just the other day

To see my Uncle Bill and sorta pass the time away

I asked him how he'd been since at last I'd passed his way

He rubbed his chin and here's what he had to say

My wife's been sick and the young'ns too and I'm durn near down with the flu

The cow's gone dry and the hens won't lay but we're still a livin' so everything's okay

The hogs took the cholera and they've all done died

The bees got mad and they left the hive

The weevils got the corn and the rain rotted the hay

But we're still a livin' so everything's okay

The porch rotted down that's more expense

The durned old mule he tore down the fence

The mortage is due and I can't pay but we're still a livin' so everything's okay

The cow broke in the field and ate up the beans

The durn rabbits they got the turnip greens

And my mainlaw just moved in to stay but we're still a livin' so everything's okay

My land's so poor so hard and yeller

You have to sit on a sack of fertilizer to raise an umbrella

And it rains out here nearly every day but we're still a livin' so everything's okay

The well's gone dry and I have to tote the water

Up from the spring about a mile and a quarter

My helper he quit for lack of pay but we're still a livin' so everything's okay

The house it leaks it needs a new top when it rains it wets everything we got

The chimney fell down just the other day but we're still a livin' so everything's okay



The corn meals gone and the meat's run out

Got nothin' to kill to put in the smokehouse

The preacher's comin' sunday - to spend the day

But - we're still a-livin' - so ever'thing's okay.



The canned stuff's spoiled - else the jar's got broke

And all we got left is one old billy goat

We're gonna have a new baby about the first of may

But - we're still a-livin' - so ever'thing's okay.



My crop it rotted - in the ground

I asked for another loan but the banker turned me down

But - we're still a-livin' and we're prayin' for better days

So - after all, ever'thing's in purty good shape.