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