[00:02.260]Well,life's on a farm is kinda laid back,
[00:04.513]ain't much an old country boy like me can't hack.
[00:06.999]It's early to rise,early in the sack
[00:09.262]thank God I'm a country boy.
[00:11.620]Well,a simple kind of life never did me no harm,
[00:14.312]raising me a family and working on the farm.
[00:16.686]My days are all filled with an easy country charm,
[00:19.305]thank God I'm a country boy.
[00:21.474]Well,I got me a fine wife,I got me old fiddle.
[00:24.226]When the sun's coming up,I got cakes on the griddle.
[00:26.393]And life ain't nothing but a funny,funny riddle,
[00:28.306]thank God I'm a country boy.
[00:31.391]When the work's all done and the sun's setting low,
[00:34.55]I pull out my fiddle and I rosin up the bow.
[00:36.613]The kids are asleep so I keep it kinda low,
[00:39.131]thank God I'm a country boy.
[00:41.503]I'd play Sally Gooding all day if I could,
[00:43.965]but the lord and my wife wouldn't take it very good.
[00:46.387]So I fiddle when I can and I work when I should,
[00:49.210]thank God I'm a country boy.
[00:51.372]Well,I got me a fine wife,I got me old fiddle.
[00:54.31]When the sun's coming up,I got cakes on the griddle.
[00:56.586]And life ain't nothing but a funny,funny riddle,
[00:58.539]thank God I'm a country boy.
[01:22.175]I wouldn't trade my life for diamonds or jewels,
[01:24.98]I never was one of them money hungry fools.
[01:26.159]I'd rather have my fiddle and my farming tools,
[01:29.326]thank God I'm a country boy.
[01:31.896]Yeah,city folk driving in a black limousine,
[01:33.857]a lotta sad people thinking that's-a mighty keen.
[01:37.20]Son,let me tell you now exactly what I mean,
[01:39.947]thank God I'm a country boy.
[01:42.47]Well,I got me a fine wife,I got me old fiddle.
[01:44.653]When the sun's coming up,I got cakes on the griddle.
[01:47.17]And life ain't nothing but a funny,funny riddle,
[01:48.937]thank God I'm a country boy.
[01:53.412]Well,my fiddle was my daddy's till the day he died,
[02:14.905]and he took me by the hand and held me close to his side.
[02:17.722]He said,"Live a good life and play my fiddle with pride,
[02:20.63]and thank God you're a country boy.
[02:22.681]My Daddy taught me young how to hunt and how to whittle,
[02:25.249]he taught me how to work and play a tune on the fiddle.
[02:27.904]He taught me how to love and how to give just a little,
[02:30.166]thank God I'm a country boy.
[02:33.329]Well,I got me a fine wife,I got me old fiddle.
[02:36.835]When the sun's coming up,I got cakes on the griddle.
[02:38.943]And life ain't nothing but a funny,funny riddle,
[02:41.119]thank God I'm a country boy.

Well,life's on a farm is kinda laid back,
ain't much an old country boy like me can't hack.
It's early to rise,early in the sack
thank God I'm a country boy.
Well,a simple kind of life never did me no harm,
raising me a family and working on the farm.
My days are all filled with an easy country charm,
thank God I'm a country boy.
Well,I got me a fine wife,I got me old fiddle.
When the sun's coming up,I got cakes on the griddle.
And life ain't nothing but a funny,funny riddle,
thank God I'm a country boy.
When the work's all done and the sun's setting low,
I pull out my fiddle and I rosin up the bow.
The kids are asleep so I keep it kinda low,
thank God I'm a country boy.
I'd play Sally Gooding all day if I could,
but the lord and my wife wouldn't take it very good.
So I fiddle when I can and I work when I should,
thank God I'm a country boy.
Well,I got me a fine wife,I got me old fiddle.
When the sun's coming up,I got cakes on the griddle.
And life ain't nothing but a funny,funny riddle,
thank God I'm a country boy.
I wouldn't trade my life for diamonds or jewels,
I never was one of them money hungry fools.
I'd rather have my fiddle and my farming tools,
thank God I'm a country boy.
Yeah,city folk driving in a black limousine,
a lotta sad people thinking that's-a mighty keen.
Son,let me tell you now exactly what I mean,
thank God I'm a country boy.
Well,I got me a fine wife,I got me old fiddle.
When the sun's coming up,I got cakes on the griddle.
And life ain't nothing but a funny,funny riddle,
thank God I'm a country boy.
Well,my fiddle was my daddy's till the day he died,
and he took me by the hand and held me close to his side.
He said,"Live a good life and play my fiddle with pride,
and thank God you're a country boy.
My Daddy taught me young how to hunt and how to whittle,
he taught me how to work and play a tune on the fiddle.
He taught me how to love and how to give just a little,
thank God I'm a country boy.
Well,I got me a fine wife,I got me old fiddle.
When the sun's coming up,I got cakes on the griddle.
And life ain't nothing but a funny,funny riddle,
thank God I'm a country boy.