Pickin' Time

(album: Story Songs For Country Folks - 1964)

Well, I got cotton in the bottom land
It's up and growing and I got a good stand
My good wife and them kids of mine
Gonna get new shoes come picking time
(Get new shoes come picking time)

Every night when I go to bed
I thank the Lord that my kids are fed
They live on beans eight days of nine
But I get 'em fat come picking time
(Got 'em fat come picking time)

Corn is yeller and the beans are high
That sun's hot in the lazy ol' sky
The work is hard till laying by
Laying by till picking time
(Laying by till picking time)

Well, it's hard to see by the coaloil light
And I turn it off pretty early every night
'Cause a jug of coaloil costs a dime
But I'll stay up late come picking time
(Stay up late come picking time)

Yes, my ol' wagon barely gets me to town
I patched the wheels, I watered 'em down
Keep her in shape so she'll be fine
To haul my cotton come picking time
(Haul my cotton come picking time)

Last Sunday morning when they passed the hat
It was still nearly empty back where I sat
But the preacher smiled and he said that's fine
(The Lord's gonna wait till picking time)
Yes, the Lord's gonna wait till picking time...