One more time   Just a little thing they call they poor man blues   I've been a working in a cotton field way down south   Choppin and a pickin' lord and followin' the plow   Tryin to make a livin' on the poor hard ground   I asked for a loan but the boss turned me down   But I'll keep on a workin' cause a can't get down   Another load of Cotton' gotta take into town   I'll take my little money and buy a new par' shoes   I got a woman sittin home humming the poor boy blues   She goes ahummmmmmmmmmmmmmm ahummmmmmmmm Poor old soul she goes ahummmmmmmmmmm mmmm mmmm   Just a little thing they call the poor boys blues         I got in debt to the bank and now I can't move on   I'll stay in the field til the last bo's gone   I got one old mule, that I recon' is my own   They might keep me down but I'll keep humming my song   I'll go ammmmmmmmmmmmmmm ahummmm mmmmm   one more time ammmmmmm mmmmmmmm aummm mmmmmm   Just a little thing they call the poor boys blues            Ah they say the great society goin' a change a few things   A farmer like me I wonder what it's goin'a bring   I don't pay taxes I say it with a smile   Cause I ain't never made enough in my life to file   But I'll keep on a workin' til the lord calls me home   Thats when I'll know if I’ve done wrong   I keep on a humming let everybody sue    The Poor national anthem called the Poor blues    I go ammmmmmmm ammmmmmmmmmm mmmmmm   one more time ammmmmmmmmm ammmmmmm   Just a little thing they call the poor boys blues   ammmmmmmmm mmmmmm ammmmmmm   One more time mmmmmmm fade out