You know I work so hard babe
since I was a little boy
my father used to tell me
I'm his pride 'n' joy
I was almost ten when my
father he came in
he told me son you should know
the shape I'm in
I was almost ten when my
father he came in
I work so hard son to earn for livin'
Then he took me out with him
out in the cotton fields
to show me how babe
to plant the seeds
Then he took me out with him
out in the cotton fields
that's the way my father
he taught me the blues
Well he taught me the
the hard workin' way
how to work with naked hands
both night and day
You know he taught me
the hard workin' way
that's the way my father
he taught me the blues