Wake up in the morning in the moonlight grey   We got dirt to break, we got a note to pay   Gonna plow, plow to the end of the row   Wake up in the morning and plow to the end of the row      Down to the kitchen with my feet still bare   Children to the table, papa say a prayer   Gonna plow, plow to the end of the row   Down to the kitchen, got to plow to the end of the row      Cornbread for breakfast, won’t ya boil the grinds   Got to cut the furrow ‘fore the sun gets high   Got to plow, plow to the end of the row   Cornbread for breakfast and I plow to the end of the row      Sun just broke out over the trees   I got a aching in my back and a tremblin’ in my knes   If the mule won’t pull then the plow won’t go   If the seed don’t set, crop won’t grow      Chickens to the market, seven miles to town   Gotta make it home ‘fore the sun goes down   Big storm coming, I can see it in the sky   Hope it don’t hit ‘fore the clothes get dry      I got rocks in my shoes, dirt in my eyes   Working like a dog til the day I die   You got to plow, plow to the end of the row   I got rocks in my shoes when I plow to the end of the row   My baby’s waitin’ for me at the end of the day   She likes to ball the jack in the sweetest way   Gotta plow, plow to the end of the row      My baby’s waiting’ for me so I plow to the end of the row   Wake up in the mornin’ in the moonlight grey   We got dirt to break we got a note to pay   Gonna plow, plow to the end of the row   Wake up in the mornin’ and plow to the end of the row