acoustic guitar with voice folk blues

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Song about a man's life in the mountains. Inspired by my life while living in Okanogan County, Washington.

I wake up in the mornin’
Pull my pants on and my boots on too
I wake up to the birds a-singing’
And I do what I got to do
And I do what I got to do

I bring up water from the river
Feed the hogs and the horses too
I boil up coffee in the saucepan
I like livin’ the way I do
I like livin’ the way I do

Mama taught me my readin’
She taught numbers and how to spell
Papa taught me to handle a horse
And the ways of the woods as well
And the ways of the woods as well

I have worked my horses
So far my whole life through
I’ve raised me some goats and chickens
Them hogs and a steer or two
Them hogs and a steer or two

I live with my sweet woman
She can ride and cook and sew
She loves me like no other can
By the way she rocks me I know
By the way she rocks me I know

We love life in these mountains
Love the air and the dirt and the dew
Ain’t no city noise to foul us
The critters befriend us too
The critters befriend us too


© 2003 Vern Batty