Goin Back To My Plow

by Big Bill Broonzy recording of 19 from , I was a plowhand for forty years, I swore I would never plow no more Yeah, I was a plowhand for forty years, I swore I would never plow no more Now, I'm a married man, now, oh, Lord, there ain't no more so and so I'm goin' back to my plow, Lord, and a woman is the cause of it all Yes, back to my plow now, yes, and a woman is the cause of it all Now, she said "If you don't raise no cotton, oh, Lord, Bill we won't have no money in the fall" I'm goin' git my honey, I mean my old mule too I'm goin' git my honey, I declare I'm goin' git my old mule too Now, I have really promised, oh, lord, I really got that to do Farmin' is alright, girl, if you know just what to do Farmin' is alright, girl, I declare, if you know just what to do 'Cause it killed my old grand pappy, oh, Lord, I declare I'm gonna make it kill me too Ev'ry night, I'm callin' John, Jake and Pat Yeah, ev'ry night I'm callin' John, Jake and Pat Now, I had a dream last night, oh, Lord, that old mule was in my hat

 

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