Everything's Okay

I went to the country - just the other day

To see my Uncle Bill and sorta pass the time away

I asked him how he'd been - since last, I'd passed his way

He rubbed his chin - here's what he had to say.

"My wife's been sick - the young'ns, too

And I'm durn near - down with the flu

The cow's gone dry - and them hens won't lay

But - we're still a-livin' - so EVER'THING'S Okay.

The hogs took the cholera and they've all done died

The bees got mad - and they left the hive

The weevils got the corn and the rain rotted the hay

But - we're still a-livin' - so EVER'THING'S Okay.

The porch rotted down - that's more expense

The durned old mule - he tore down the fence

The mortgage is due and - I can't pay

But - we're still a-livin' - so EVER'THING'S Okay.

The cow broke in the field and eat up the beans

The durn rabbits - they got the turnip greens

And my Ma-in-law just moved in to stay

But - we're still a-livin' - so EVER'THING'S Okay.

My land's so poor - so hard and "yeller"

You have to set on a sack of fetilizer to raise an "umbreller"

And it rains out here - nearly ever' day

But - we're still a-livin' - so EVER'THING'S Okay.

The well's gone dry and I have to tote the water

Up from the spring - about a mile and a quarter

My helper, he quit - for the lack of pay

But - we're still a-livin' - so EVER'THING'S Okay.

The house it leaks - it needs a new top

When it rains - it wets ever'thing we got

The chimney fell down - just yesterday

But - we're still a-livin' - so EVER'THING'S Okay.

The corn meals gone and the meat's run out

Got nothin' to kill to put in the smokehouse

The preacher's comin' Sunday - to spend the day

But - we're still a-livin' - so EVER'THING'S Okay.

The canned stuff's spoiled - else the jar's got broke

And all we got left is one old Billy goat

We're gonna have a new baby about the first of May

But - we're still a-livin' - so EVER'THING'S Okay.

My crop it rotted - in the ground

I asked for another loan but the banker turned me down

But - we're still a-livin' and we're prayin' for better days

So - after all, ever'thing's in purty good shape."