Lyrics Language: English Song writer/composer(s): John Martin Sommers
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John DenverThank God I'm A Country Boy Lyrics:
Well life on the farm is kinda laid back
Ain't much an old country boy like me can't hack
It's early to rise, early in the sack
I thank God I'm a country boy
Well a simple kinda life never did me no harm
A raisin' me a family and workin' on a farm
My days are all filled with an easy country charm
Thank God I'm a country boy
Well I got me a fine wife, I got me ol' fiddle
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
And life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle
Thank God I'm a country boy
When the work's all done and the sun's settlin' low
I pull out the fiddle and I rosin' up the bow
The kids are asleep so I keep it kinda low
Thank God I'm a country boy
I'd play, Sally Goodin' all day if I could
But the Lord and my wife wouldn't take it very good
So I fiddle when I can an' I work when I should
Thank God I'm a country boy
Well I got me a fine wife I got me ol' fiddle
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
Life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle
Thank God I'm a country boy, ooo
Well I wouldn't trade my life for diamonds or jewels
I never was one of them money hungry fools
I'd rather have my fiddle and my farmin' tools
Thank God I'm a country boy
Yea, city folk drivin' in a black limousine
A lotta sad people thinkin' that's a mighty keen
Well son, let me tell ya now exactly what I mean
I thank God I'm a country boy
Well I got me a fine wife I got me ol' fiddle
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
Life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle
Thank God I'm a country boy
Well, my fiddle was my daddy's, till the day he died
And he took me by the hand, held me close to his side
Said, "Live a good life, play my fiddle with pride
An' thank God you're a country boy"
Well my daddy taught me young
How to hunt and how to whittle
Taught me how to work, to play a tune on the fiddle
He taught me how to love an' how to give just a little
An' thank God I'm a country boy
Well I got me a fine wife I got me ol' fiddle
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
Life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle
Ooo, thank God I'm a country boy, yes
Lyrics: Thank God I'm A Country Boy, John Denver [end]
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THANK GOD I'M A COUNTRY BOY2
Written by: John Martin Sommers
Produced by: Milton Okun & Susan Ruskin
Performed by: John Denver 34
First released: 5
Single: March 1975 (Live Version-3:22)
Album: June 1974 (Studio Version-3:06)
1 "Sally Goodin'" is a traditional country song that lends itself well to the country fiddle.
2 "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" went to #1 Pop and Country, and #5 Adult Contemporary in the
summer of 1975. That same year, Denver was named Entertainer of the Year by the Country Music
Association (CMA).
3 Personnel performing on this recording:
John Denver (vocals, guitar)
John Sommers (songwirter, guitar)
4 Covered by:
The Chipmunks
The Countdown Kids
The Countdown Singers
Dirk Darmstaedter
Billy Dean
Heather Donovan
Craig Duncan & the Smokey Mountain Band
Hampton the Hampster
The Hit Crew
Pete Huttlinger
Steve Ivey
Nashville Superpickers
Chris Nole
Bobby Osborne
Rednex
Rio Bravo
Bob Rivers (parodied as "SPEAA Employee" 67
Pauley Shore
Stars at Studio 99
Mark Thornton
Tina & the B-Side Movement
The Billy White Band
et al.
5 Appears on: *
SINGLE(S):
(1)John Denver: From the album An Evening with John Denver (Live)
A-side: "Thank God I'm a Country Boy"
B-side: "My Sweet Lady"
(a) RCA Victor, 7", Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #GB-10476, US-1975.
(b) RCA Victor, 7", Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #PB-10239, UK-1975.
* The album(s) and record(s) listed here may have different versions of
the song than the one that was transcribed. Also, this list is not
intended to be the complete discography on which this song appears.
6 SPEEA stands for the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace. It is a union
association that represents engineers who work at various aerospace companies in the United States.
SPEAA has a very large membership in the Seattle area, particularly at the Boeing Company, which
makes commercial and government airplanes, and integrated defense systems. Bob Rivers, who is
responsible for the parody, is a resident of Seattle and the host of a daily radio program.
(See Note #4.)
