Well, the cows gone dry, the hens won't lay, no place I can borrow
  I give the landlord all the news and the rent comes due tomorrow
  There's lots of money in the bank they say that's where they keep it
  Not only wouldn't they loan me some they wouldn't let me see it
  
  So pick away on the old banjo, keep that guitar strumming
  Put more water in the soup there's better times a coming
  
  Well Mary Lou could pull a plow if only I would let her
  She's twice as strong as any ox but looks a little better
  I didn't kiss that Mary Lou but once and then I had to leave her
  She made my collar get too high and start the burning fever
  
  My rooster used to chase the hens he just kept a getting thinner
  It's afraid he'd run himself to death so I brought him in for dinner
  Yes (the) cotton crops are pretty poor the weeds are really growing
  I need a woman pretty bad to help me with the hoeing