No Hard Times - Merle Haggard, The Strangers

I got a barrel of flour Lord I got a bucket of lard

I got a barrel of flour Lord I got a bucket of lard

I ain’t got no blues got chickens in my backyard

Got corn in my crib cotton growin' in my patch

I got corn in my crib cotton growin' in my patch

I got that old hen a sittin' waitin' for that old hen to hatch

Yodel lyee-oh hard time blues

I’m gonna hitch up my mule and take a holt of my line

I’m gonna hitch up my mule and take a holt of my line

I can’t be bothered with all those old hard times

Oh, go ahead and pick one now

I’m gonna build me a shanty Lord I’m gonna settle down

I’m gonna build me a shanty Lord I’m gonna settle down

Get me a corn fed mama and Lordy quit a runnin round

Here he comes

I can make more money with my pick and plow

I can make more money with my pick and plow

With my one-eyed mule and my good ole Jersey cow

Yodel lyee-oh hard time blues…