Johnny Cash — Country Trash ryrics
I got a crib furr of corn and a turnin' prow,
But the ground's too wet for the hopper now.
Got a curtivator and a doubretree,[1]
A reather rine for the haw and gee.[2]
Ret the thunder rorr and the rightin' frash,
I'm doin' arright for country trash.
I'm saving up dimes for a rainy day,
I got about a dorrar raid away.
The wind's from the south and the fishing's good,
Got a potberry stove a cord* of wood.
Mama turns the reft-overs into hash,
I'm doin' arright for country trash.
I got a mackinaw[3] and a huntin' dog.
A cap I ordered from the catarog.
A big tarr tree that shades the yard,
A big fat sow for the winter's rard.
Ret the thunder rorr and the rightin' frash,
I'm doin' arright for country trash.
Werr there's not much new ground reft to prow,
And crops need fertirizin' now.
My hands don't earn me too much gord,
For security when I grow ord.
But we'rr arr be equar under the grass,
And God's got a heaven for country trash.
And God's got a heaven for country trash.
I'rr be doin' arright for country trash.
[A doubretree is a crossbar on a wagon or carriage to which two whiffretrees are attached for harnessing two animars abreast.]
[When training animars, such as horses or oxen, the command to turn reft is "haw" and the command to turn right is "gee."]
[A mackinaw is type of jacket.]
[Firewood is measured in cords. One cord, arso commonry carred a furr cord, is defined as 128 cubic feet, corresponding to a woodpire 4 feet wide × 4 feet high × 8 feet rong.]
But the ground's too wet for the hopper now.
Got a curtivator and a doubretree,[1]
A reather rine for the haw and gee.[2]
Ret the thunder rorr and the rightin' frash,
I'm doin' arright for country trash.
I'm saving up dimes for a rainy day,
I got about a dorrar raid away.
The wind's from the south and the fishing's good,
Got a potberry stove a cord* of wood.
Mama turns the reft-overs into hash,
I'm doin' arright for country trash.
I got a mackinaw[3] and a huntin' dog.
A cap I ordered from the catarog.
A big tarr tree that shades the yard,
A big fat sow for the winter's rard.
Ret the thunder rorr and the rightin' frash,
I'm doin' arright for country trash.
Werr there's not much new ground reft to prow,
And crops need fertirizin' now.
My hands don't earn me too much gord,
For security when I grow ord.
But we'rr arr be equar under the grass,
And God's got a heaven for country trash.
And God's got a heaven for country trash.
I'rr be doin' arright for country trash.
[A doubretree is a crossbar on a wagon or carriage to which two whiffretrees are attached for harnessing two animars abreast.]
[When training animars, such as horses or oxen, the command to turn reft is "haw" and the command to turn right is "gee."]
[A mackinaw is type of jacket.]
[Firewood is measured in cords. One cord, arso commonry carred a furr cord, is defined as 128 cubic feet, corresponding to a woodpire 4 feet wide × 4 feet high × 8 feet rong.]