Classic Poem

Now you done spent all my 1940 rent
woman, you done worked on my substitute
Now you done spent all my 1940 rent
woman, you done worked on my substitute
Then if you don't reach that 1941
oooo babe, what in the world you gonna do

Now they oughta cut off so many trucks and tractors
white folks, you oughta work more mules and men
Now they oughta cut off so many trucks and tractors
white folks, you oughta work more mules and men
(tell 'em about it)
Then you know that would make
(what?)
oooo boy, money get thick again

Now when a man gets his together
you know he's turning his stocks into feed
Now when a man gets together
you all know he's turning his stocks into feed
He say he gonna sell all his corn and buy gas
oooo boy, and it's for his little automobile

Now I been studying, I been wondering
what make a man turn the ground in the wintertime
Now I been studying, I been wondering
what make a man turn the ground in the wintertime
You know, let the snow and rain rot the grass
oooo boy, that make fertilizer for the ground

Now the government given us a school in Brownsville
boys you know I think that's very nice
Now the government given us a school in Brownsville
boys you know I think that's very nice
You know the children can go in the daytime
oooo boy, and the old folks have it at night