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 last, I'd passed his way   He rubbed his chin, here's what he had to say      My wife's been sick, the young ones, too   And I'm darn near down with the flu   The cow's gone dry and them 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 darned old mule he tore down the fence   The mortgage is due and I can't pay   But we're still a-livin', so everything's okay      The cow broke in the field and eat up the beans   The darn rabbits they got the turnip greens   And my ma-in-law 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 set on a sack of fertilizer to raise an umbreller   And it rains out here nearly every day   But we're still a-livin', so everything's okay      The wells gone dry and I have to tote the water   Up from the spring about a mile and a quarter   My helper, he quit for the 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 yesterday   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 everything's okay      The canned stuffs 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 everything'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, everything's in pretty good shape