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There's Better Times Coming Song Lyrics and Chords by Jimmy Martin
There's Better Times Coming
Recorded by Jimmy Martin
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Well the cows gone dry the hens won't lay no place I can
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borrow
I give the landlord all the news and the rent comes due
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tomorrow
There's lots of money in the bank they say that's where they
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keep
Not only wouldn't they loan me some they wouldn't let me
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see
So pick away on the old banjo keep that guitar
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strumming
Put more water in the soup there's better times a
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coming
Well Mary Lou could pull a plow if only I would
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let
She's twice as strong as any ox but looks a little
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better
I didn't kiss that Mary Lou but once and then I had to
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leave
She made my collar get too tight and start the burning
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fever
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My rooster used to chase the hens he just kept a getting
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thinner
I's afraid he'd run himself to death so I brought him in for
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Yes the cotton crops are pretty poor the weeds are really
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growing
I need a woman pretty bad to help me with the
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hoeing
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FAQ
Who sang the the song There's Better Times Coming?
- The song There's Better Times Coming was sang by Jimmy Martin.
Who is Jimmy Martin?
- James Henry Martin (August 10, 1927 - May 14, 2005) was an American bluegrass musician, known as the "King of Bluegrass".
