07 Mar 09 - 09:34 AM (#2583249) Subject: Lyr Req: Work Don't Bother Me From: GUEST Would appreciate if anyone has the lyrics for this tune done by the Gid Tanner band of yesteryear. Seems to be appropriate for these times. TIA Stew |
08 Mar 09 - 03:16 PM (#2584007) Subject: Lyr Add: WORK DON'T BOTHER ME (from Gid Tanner) From: Jim Dixon Hey, while searching for this song, I discovered a web site that is worth bookmarking: Roots of American Fiddle Music. [OK, I see it's been around a long time and it's been mentioned at Mudcat before, but somehow I missed it.] The Gid Tanner page is here. Here's my transcription from the sound file I found there: WORK DON'T BOTHER ME 1. I don't bother work. Work don't bother me. I'm just as happy as a bumblebee. Eat when I can get it. Sleep 'most all the time. I don't give a doggone if the sun don't never shine. Go 'most ev'rywhere. I don't pay no fare. I can ride a freight train most ev'rywhere. Looks might strange, strange to me. Work, work, work don't bother me. 2. Old Bill [last name?] worked down in the holler, Want to know the diff'rence 'tween a woman and a dollar. Ain't no diff'rence, one and all. A woman is large and a dollar is small. Look-a here, Bill. [I'll] try to explain, make you understand. A dollar will go from hand to hand. A woman goes to workin' man, I'll talk about it, A woman goes to workin' man. [VERSE 1 TWICE] |