When I was a little boy my daddy used to say to me
son We got a little big land and a lotta hard work
to be done Go get your marbels put 'em in the
house tear down your castles in the sand Come with
your pappy to the cotton patch and get a little
dirt on your hands Get a little dirt on your hands
boy get a little dirt on your hands If you're
gonna grow up to be a big big man (You gotta) get
a little dirt on your hands (you gotta) get a
little dirt on your hands

Well I got to be twenty and I thought I was a
pretty big wheel Left the country for the city met
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tavern take all the money run as fast as you can
If you're gonna get along in this big bad world
You gotta get a little dirt on your hands Get a
little dirt on your hands boy...

Well it's four in the morning and the warden is a
calling my name Says he's teaching me a lesson
gonna send me out to work in the rain Dig that
ditch boy chop that corn I gotta make you
understand Only way to straighten out a guy like
you is to get a little dirt on your hands Get a
little dirt on your hands boy...