The Boy Who Couldn't Hoe Corn Lyrics

Tell you a little story and it won't take long,
'bout a lazy farmer who wouldn't hoe his corn.
The reason why I never could tell,
For that young man was always well.

He planted his corn in the month of June --
by July it was up to his eyes.
Come September, came a big frost
And all the young man's corn was lost.

His courtship had just begun,
..said, "Young man have you hoed some corn?"
"Well I tried and I tried and I tried in vain,
But I don't believe I raised one grain."

He went downtown to his neighbor's doorAlison Krauss - The Boy Who Couldn't Hoe Corn - http://motolyrics.com/alison-krauss/the-boy-who-couldnt-hoe-corn-lyrics.html
Where he had often been before,
Sayin' "pretty little miss will you marry me?
Little miss what will you say?"

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

He turned his back and walked away,
Sayin' "Little miss you'll rue the day;
You'll rue the day that you were born,
For givin' me the devil cause i wouldn't hoe corn.