You know I work so hard babe

Since I was a little boy

My father used to tell me

I'm his pride 'n' joy



I was almost ten when my

Father he came in

He told me son you should know

The shape I'm in

I was almost ten when my

Father he came in

I work so hard son to earn for livin'



Then he took me out with him

Out in the cotton fields

To show me how babe

To plant the seeds

Then he took me out with him

Out in the cotton fields

That's the way my father

He taught me the blues



Well he taught me the

The hard workin' way

How to work with naked hands

Both night and day

You know he taught me

The hard workin' way

That's the way my father

He taught me the blues