july the 12th, 1939

Lyrics

and july the 12th, it sure was a scorcher, momma she'd fixed some lemonade, sister beth was sunnin' in the sunshine, and baby coy was playin' in the shade, i looked up the road and yonder come a big car, that's something we don't see much around here, big man said, "son, where is your pappy?", "he's over in the cornfield not far from here", and they started talkin' over by the rail fence, it looked like poppa was a-gettin' mad, they walked to the house and poppa was a-cryin', and poppa never cried and i knew it was bad, and two weeks later in the logan county courthouse, rainin' cats and dogs outside, it sure was awful the way momma was a-cryin, they say she thought that woman had died, and poppa said, "judge, we tried to raise us up a good boy, from a little bitty tot", and jody never'd go against another womans wishes, and that kind of boy i know he's not, and you know the power of the almighty dollar, will come out the winner every time, willie buchanan done got away with something, and then tried to blame that boy of mine, and july the 12th, it sure was a scorcher, and momma she'd fixed some lemonade, and sister beth was sunnin' in the sunshine, baby coy was playin' in the shade