[00:13.19]I'll sing a little song but it ain't very long
[00:15.72]About a lazy farmer who wouldn't hoe his corn
[00:18.05]And why it was I never could tell
[00:20.35]For that young man was always well
[00:22.97]That young man was always well
[00:37.86]He planted his corn on June the last
[00:40.15]In July it was up to his eye
[00:42.60]In September there came a big frost
[00:44.51]And all that young man's corn was lost
[00:46.86]All that young man's corn was lost
[01:01.52]He started to the field and got there at last
[01:03.86]The grass and weeds was up to his chin
[01:06.16]The grass and weeds had grown so high
[01:08.34]It caused that poor man for to sigh
[01:10.67]Caused that poor man for to sigh
[01:24.92]Now his courtship had just begun
[01:27.23]She said, "Young man have you hoed your corn?"
[01:29.40]"I've tried I've tried I've tried in vain
[01:31.62]But I don't believe I'll raise one grain
[01:33.99]Don't believe I'll raise one grain"
[01:48.19]"Why do you come to me to wed
[01:50.37]If you can't raise your own cornbread?
[01:52.70]Single I am and will remain
[01:54.68]For a lazy man I won't maintain
[01:57.24]A lazy man I won't maintain"
[02:11.26]He hung his head and walked away
[02:13.46]Saying "Kind miss you'll rue the day
[02:15.60]You'll rue the day that you were born
[02:17.67]For giving me the devil 'cause I wouldn't hoe my corn
[02:20.09]Giving me the devil 'cause I wouldn't hoe my corn"
[02:33.92]Now his courtship was to an end
[02:36.16]On his way he then began
[02:38.34]Saying "Kind miss I'll have another girl
[02:40.43]If I have to ramble this big wide world
[02:44.52]If I have to ramble this big wide world"
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