verse 1
He said hard work never killed a man and Grandpa oughta know
He must've walked 10 000 miles, down those old corn rows
Following behind the plow, with an old mule called Jim
I don't know who had a harder head, that old mule or him
Wake up boy, get out of bed, don't you think you've slept enough
There's lots of work a boy can do, before the sun comes up
There's cows to milk, a hog to feed, the chickens must be fed
And if hard works' gonna kill you boy, by now I would be dead
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verse 2
You can learn some lessons, at the south end of a mule
Following the plow all day, will change your attitude
About the way you view life, how hard you work in school
His work was not to punish, but as a teaching tool
Wake up boy, get out of bed, don't you think you've slept enough
There's lots of work a boy can do, before the sun comes up
There's cows to milk, a hog to feed, the chickens must be fed
And if hard works' gonna kill you boy, by now I would be dead
Instrumental
Wake up boy, get out of bed, don't you think you've slept enough
There's lots of work a boy can do, before the sun comes up
There's cows to milk, a hog to feed, the chickens must be fed
And if hard works' gonna kill you boy, by now I would be dead
Outro
And if hard works' gonna kill you boy, by now I would be dead
Outro