“Poor Man”

Description

"I worked all the winter time, I worked through the spring, I planted my corn and taters, Then it wouldn't rain. There ain't nothing for a poor man in this world." The singer catalogs his troubles: Drought, flood, poverty, and work every day

Supplemental text

Poor Man
  Partial text(s)

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From Anne Warner, Traditional American Folk Songs from the Anne &
Frank Warner Collection, #117, pp. 288-289. From the singing of
Frank Proffitt, Watauga County, North Carolina, 1964.

I worked all the wintertime,
I worked through the spring,
I planted my corn and 'taters
Then it wouldn't rain.
    There's not a thing for a poor man
    In this world.

(4 additional stanzas)

References

1. Warner 117, "Poor Man" (1 text)
2. ST Wa117 (Partial)
3. Roud #5733
4. BI, Wa117