There's a whole lotta people lookin' down their
noses at me Cause I didn't come from a wealthy
family There was ten of us livin' in a two room
shack On the banks of the river by the railroad
track And we kept chickens in a pen in the back
and everybody said we was po' folks

My daddy was a farmer but all he ever raised was
us Dug a forty foot well struck thirty-six gallons
of dust Salvation Army gave us clothes to wear a
man from the county came to cut our hair We lived
next door to a millionare but that's how it is
when you're po' folks

We was po' folks livin' in a rich folks world we
sure was a hungry bunch And if the wolf would ever
come to our front door he'd had to brought a
picnic lunch My grandaddy's pension was a dollar
and thirty-three cents That was ten dollars less
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landlord's letters got nasty indeed he wrote get
out but pa couldn't read And we was too broke to
even pay heed and that's how it is when you're po'
folks And that's how it is when you're po' folks

We was po' folks livin' in a rich folks world we
sure was a hungry bunch And if the wolf would ever
come to our front door he'd had to brought a
picnic lunch But we had something in our house
money can't buy Kept us warm in the winter and
cool when the sun's high For whenever we didn't
have food enough and the howling winds would get
pretty rough We patched the cracks and set the
table with love Cause that's how it is when you're
po' folks and we wadn't nothin' but po' folks My
mama and my papa was po' folks my sister and my
brother was po' folks My dog and my cat was po'
folks and that's how it is when you're po' folks