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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 than the landlord wanted for rent
Oh, the 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 wasn`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
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