Mommy n Daddy - Simple Kid

How my mother would shake like a stone

When the Rev. John Miller came comin round to call

Mommy n Daddy sold what they had to save the congregation

If I could go away down south I’d meet a better man

I don’t want no IOU’s they ain’t no consolation

Saw my mommy and daddy worked to the bone

Saw my mommy and daddy worked to the bone

Saw my mommy and daddy worked to the bone

Saw my mommy and daddy pray to you Lord

As daddy lay in the parlour

I prayed for his soul

Now frail and thinner

From working to the bone

Mommy and Daddy sold what they had to save the congregation

If I could go a way down south I’d meet a better man

I don’t want no IOU’s they ain’t no consolation

Saw my mommy and daddy worked to the bone

Saw my mommy and daddy worked to the bone

Saw my mommy and daddy worked to the bone

Saw my mommy and daddy prayin to you Lord