The Boy Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn chords by Union Station

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

The Boy Who Wouldn’t Hoe Corn Capo 3

Intro:
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Verse 1:
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 Tell you a little story and it won't take long
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 'Bout a lazy farmer who wouldn't hoe his corn
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 The reason why I never could tell
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 That young man was always well

Verse 2:
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 He planted his corn in the month of June
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 By July it was up to his eyes
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 Come September there came a big frost
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 And all the young man's corn was lost


Verse 3:
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 His courtship had just begun
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 Said young man, "Have you hauled some corn?"
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 "Well I tried and I tried and I tried in vain,
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 But I don't believe I raised one grain."


Verse 4:
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He went down town to his neighbor's door
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Where he had often been before
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Sayin "Pretty little miss will you marry me,
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Little miss what do you say?"


Verse 5:
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"Why do you come for me to wed?
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 You can't even make your own cornbread
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 Single I am and will remain.
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 A augmentedA lazy man I won't maintain."


Verse 6:
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 He turned his back and walked away
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 Sayin "Little miss you'll rue the day.
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 You'll rue the day that you were born
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 Givin me the devil cause I wouldn't hoe corn."