“Everybody Works but Father”

Description

Singer describes his father's indolence and the rest of the family's industry. Eventually his father takes a job while everyone else relaxes. Chorus: "Everybody works but Father, he hangs around all day... Everyone works around our house but my old man."

Long description

Singer describes his father's indolence and the rest of the family's industry. Eventually his father takes a job to clean up Decatur St.; now he works while everyone else vacations. Chorus: "Everybody works but Father, he hangs around all day/Feet stretched out by the fire, smoking his pipe of clay/Mother takes in washing and so does sister Ann/Everyone works around our house but my old man"

Recordings

• Fiddlin' John Carson, "Everybody Works but Father" (OKeh 45056, 1926)
• Billy Murray, "Everybody Works But Father" (Victor 4519, 1905)
• Riley Puckett, "Everybody Works but Father" (Columbia 15078-D, 1926)
• Bob Roberts, "Everybody Works But Father" (CYL: Edison 9100, 1905)
• Unknown baritone, "Everybody Works But Father" (Busy Bee 1219, c. 1906)
• Frank Wilson, "Everybody Works But Father" (Victor 4727, 1906)