Am                                      F
Tell you little story and it won't take long
        D                                Am
Bout a lazy farmer who wouldn't hoe his corn
                             F
The reason why I never could tell
    D                        Am
But that young man was always well

    Am                              F
He planted his corn in the month of June
   D                     Am
By July it was up to his eyes
                          F
Come September came a big frost
    D                            Am
And all the young man's corn was lost


Instrumental : Am F G Am x2


Am                       F
His courtship had just begun
G                                    Am
Said Young man have you hoed some corn
                                          F
Well I tried and I tried and I tried in vain
      G               F      G   Am
But I don't believe I raised one grain

Am                                 F
He went downtown to his neighbor's door
      G                   Am
Where he had often been before
                                          F
Said Pretty little miss will you marry me
G                F  G   Am
Little miss what do you say

Am                         F
Why do you come for me to wed
G                             Am
Can't even make your own corn grain
                       F
Single I am and will remain
   G         F     G   Am
A lazy man I won't maintain

Am                             F
He turned his back and walked away
G                                 Am
Sayin' Little miss you rue the day
                                  F
You'll rue the day that you were born
    G                           F        G    Am
For givin' me the devil cause I wouldn't hoe corn