Po' Folks
Connie Smith

PO' FOLKS
(Bill Anderson)
« © '61 Champion Music »

There's a whole lotta people lookin' down their noses at me
Cause I didn't come from a wealthy family
There was ten of us livin' in a two room shack
On the banks of the river by the railroad track
We kept chickens in a pen in the back
And everybody said we was po' folks
My daddy was a farmer but all he ever raised was us
Dug a forty foot well struck thirty-six gallons of dust
Salvation Army give us clothes to wear
A man from the county came to cut our hair
We lived next door to a millionare
But we wadn't nothin' but po' folks
We was po' folks livin' in a rich folks world
We sure was a hungry bunch
If the wolf had ever come to our front door
He'd've had to brought a picnic lunch
My grandaddy's pension was a dollar and thirty-three cents
That was ten dollar less than the landlord wanted for rent
The landlord's letters got nasty indeed
He wrote get out but pa couldn't read
And we was too broke to even pay heed
But that's how it is when you're po' folks
We was po' folks livin' in a rich folks world
We sure was a hungry bunch
If the wolf had ever come to our front door
He'd've had to brought a picnic lunch
But we had something in our house money can't buy
Kept us warm in the winter cool when the sun was high
For whenever we didn't have food enough
And the howlin' winds would get pretty rough
We patched the cracks and set the table with love
Cause that's what you do when you're po' folks
And we wadn't nothin' but po' folks
My mom and my dad was po' folks
My brother and my sister was po' folks
My dog and my cat was po' folks
And even the po' folks was po' folks


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Lyrics by Connie Smith

  (i'm So) Afraid Of Losing You Again   (I'm So) Afraid Of Losing You Again   (in The Valley) He Restoreth My Soul   A Heart Like You   A Picture Of Me Without You   A Tale From Tahrarrie   A Touch Of Yesterday   A-Sleepin' At The Foot Of The Bed   A-Sleepin' At The Foot Of The Bed   Ain't Had No Lovin'   Ain't Love a Good Thing   Ain't Nothin' Shakin' (but The Leaves)   Ain't We Havin' Us A Good Time   Ain't You Even Gonna Cry   Ain't Had No Lovin'   Ain't Love A Good Thing   Ain't Nothin' Shakin' (But The Leav...   Ain't We Havin' Us A Good Time   All Of A Sudden   Alone With You   Amazing Grace   As Long As We've Got Each Other   As Long As We've Got Each Other   At The Foot Of The Cross   Away In A Manger   Baby's Back Again   Baby's Back Again   Back In Baby's Arms   Back In Baby's Arms   Back In My Baby's Arms Again   Back In My Baby's Arms Again   Baptism Of Jesse Taylor   Before I'm Over You   Before I'm Over You   Between Each Tear   Born A Woman   Born To Sing   Born To Sing (Box Set)   Bridge Of Love   Bringin' It Home   Bringin' It Home   Burning A Hole In My Mind   Burning Bridges   Cincinnati Ohio   Cincinnati, Ohio   Cincinnati, Ohio (1967)   City Lights   Clinging To A Saving Hand   Come Along And Walk With Me   Crumbs From The Table   Cry Cry Cry   Cry, Cry, Cry   Daddy Sang Bass   Darling Are You Ever Coming Home   Darling Days   Deepening Snow   Did You Let Your Light Shine   Don't Feel Sorry For Me   Don't Forget I Still Love You   Don't Keep Me Lonely Too Long   Don't Make Me Dream   Don't Tell Him That I'm Still Crying   Don't Walk Away   Don't Feel Sorry For Me   Don't Forget I Still Love You   Don't Keep Me Lonely Too Long   Don't Make Me Dream   Don't Tell Him That I'm Still Crying   Don't Walk Away   Downtown   Dream Painter   Easy Come Easy Go   Even The Bad Times Are Good   Even Tho'   Even Tho'   Everybody Loves Somebody   Family Bible   Farther Along   First Noel   Five Fingers To Spare   Fool No.1   Foolin' Around   Foolin' Around   For Better Or For Worse   For Goodness Sake It's Love   For Goodness Sake It's Love   Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet   Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet   Gentle On My Mind   Go Ahead And Make Me Cry   Go Away Stranger   Go Tell It On The Mountain   God Is Abundant   God Will   Golden Streets Of Glory   Gone   Gone Too Far   Gotta Lotta Blues To Lose   Happy Street   He Did It All For Me   He Is My Everything   He Touched Me   He Turned The Water Into Wine   He Was There All The Time   Heartbreak Avenue   Hello Darlin'   Hello Darlin'   Hinges On The Door   Holdin' On   Holdin' On   House Divided   How Great Thou Art   How Much Lonelier Can Lonely Be   How Sweet It Is   Hurt Goes On   Hurtin's All Over   Hurtin's All Over (1966)   Hurtin's All Over   I Can Turn Your World Around   I Can't Get Used To Being Lonely   I Can't Remember   I Can't Get Used To Being Lonely   I Can't Remember   I Don't Believe That's How You Feel   I Don't Have Anyplace To Go   I Don't Know Why I Keep Loving You   I Don't Love You Anymore   I Don't Want To Be With Me   I Don't Have Anyplace To Go   I Don't Know Why I Keep Loving You   I Don't Love You Anymore   I Don't Want To Be With Me   I Got You   I Know You're Going Away   I Know You're Going Away   I Love Charlie Brown   I Love You Drops   I Never Once Stopped Loving You   I Overlooked An Orchid (while Searching For A Rose...   I Saw A Man   I Thought Of You   I Will   I'd Rather Be A Fool   I'd Still Want To Serve Him Today   I'll Be There (if You Ever Want Me)   I'll Come Running   I'll Fly Away   I'll Love You Enough (for Both Of Us)   I'll Never Get Over Loving You   I'll Share My World With You   I'm All Wrapped Up In You   I'm Ashamed Of You   I'm Gonna Sing   I'm Little But I'm Loud   I'm So Used To Loving You   I'm Your Woman   I'd Rather Be A Fool   I'd Still Want To Serve Him Today   I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)   I'll Come Running   I'll Fly Away   I'll Love You Enough (For Both Of Us)   I'll Never Get Over Loving You   I'll Share My World With You   I'm All Wrapped Up In You   I'm Ashamed Of You   I'm Gonna Sing   I'm Little But I'm Loud   I'm So Used To Loving You   If God Is Dead (who's This Living For My Soul)   If God Is Dead (Who's This Living For My Soul...   If I Could Just Get Over You   If I Talk To Him   If It Ain't Love (let's Leave It Alone)   If It Ain't Strong Enough   If It Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone)   If It Ain't Strong Enough   If My Heart Had Windows   If The Whole World Stopped Lovin'   If The Whole World Stopped Lovin'   If We Want Love To Last   If You Were Mine To Lose   If You Won't Tell On Me   If You Won't Tell On Me   In Case You Ever Change Your Mind   In The Garden   Invisible Tears   It Comes And Goes   It Only Hurts For A Little While   It'll Be Easy   It's Gonna Rain Today   It's Just My Luck   It's Not The End Of Everything   It's Now Or Never   It's Such A Pretty World Today   It'll Be Easy   It's Gonna Rain Today   It's Just My Luck   It's Not The End Of Everything   It's Now Or Never   It's Such A Pretty World Today   Jesus Take A Hold   Joy To The World   Just A Closer Walk With Thee   Just A Little Sunshine In The Rain   Just For What I Am   Just Let Me Know   Just One Time   Keep On Holding To Those Nail Scarred Hands   Last Letter   Laying On The Hands   Let It Be Me   Let Me Help You Work It Out   Little Drummer Boy   Little Things   Living Without You (is Too Much To Live With)   Lonely Woman   Long Black Limousine   Loose Talk   Louisiana Man   Love Has A Mind Of Its Own   Love Is No Excuse   Love Is The Look You're Looking For   Love Is The Look You're Looking For   Love Takes Care Of Me   Love's Gonna Live Here   Lovin' You Baby   Lovin' You, Lovin' Me   Lovin' You Baby   Lovin' You, Lovin' Me   Loving You Has Sure Been Good to Me   More To Love Than This   My Ecstasy   My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own   My Little Corner Of The World   My Own Peculiar Way   My Part Of Forever   My Whole World Is Falling Down   Night Has A Thousand Eyes   Nobody But A Fool (would Love You)   Not Till You Come Back To Me   Now   Now Lord What Can I Do For You   O Holy Night   On And On And On   Once A Day   Once a Day [Live]   One Day At A Time   One More Time   Only For Me   Only Mama That'll Walk The Line   Only Mama That'll Walk The Line   Other Side Of You   Pain Of A Broken Heart   Paper Roses   Pass Me By(If You're Only Passing Through   Pass Me By(If You're Only Passing Through   Peace In The Valley   Plenty Of Time   Po' Folks   Remind Me Dear Lord   Ribbon Of Darkness   Ride Ride Ride   Rings Of Gold   Run Away Little Tears   Same As Mine   Satisfied   Seattle   Seattle   Senses   Slowly   Smooth Sailin'   Smooth Sailin'   So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)   Softly and Tenderly   Some To Give My Love To   Someone to Give My Love To   Something Pretty   Soul Song   Sound Of Different Drums   Stand Beside Me   Strange   Street Where The Lonely Walk   Sun Shines Down On Me   Sunday Morning   Sundown On My Mind   Sunshine Of My World   Surely   Sweet Little Jesus Boy   Tell Another Lie   Ten Thousand And One   Thank You For Loving Me   That Makes Two Of Us   That's All This Old World Needs   That's The Way Love Goes   That's What It's Like To Be Lonesome   That's What Lonesome Is   That's All This Old World Needs   That's The Way Love Goes   That's What It's Like To Be Lonesome   The Bridge of Love   The Call   The First Noel   The Hinges on the Door   The Hurtin's All Over   The Key's In The Mailbox   The Song We Fell In Love To   The Sun Shines Down On Me   The Wayfarin' Pilgrim   The Wayward Wind   The Wonders You Perform   Then And Only Then   Then And Only Then (1965)   There Are Some Things   There Goes My Everything   There'll Never Be Another For Me   There's Something Lonely In This House   Think I'll Go Somewhere And Cry Myself To Sleep   Threshold   Till I Kissed You   Tiny Blue Transistor Radio   To Chicago With Love   Today I Started Loving You Again   Together Alone   Too Good To Be True   Too Many Rivers   Too Much To Gain To Lose   Too Soon To Know   Touch My Heart   Touch Of Yesterday   Two Empty Arms   Two Together   Wait For The Light To Shine   Walk Me To The Door   Walk Out Backwards   Walk Through This World With Me   Way Up On The Mountain   Way Up on the Mountain   Wayfaring Pilgrim   Wayward Wind   We're Gonna Hold On   Wedding Cake   Well It's All Right   Well Of His Mercy   What Child Is This   What Makes a Man Wander   What Would I Do Without You   When A House Is Not A Home   When God Dips His Love In My Heart   When I Sing For Him   Where Could I Go But To The Lord   Where Is My Castle   While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks   Whispering Hope   Why Me   Will The Real Me Please Stop Crying   Wings of a Dove   World Of Forgotten People   You   You Ain't Woman Enough (to Take My Man)   You and Love and I   You And Your Sweet Love   You Are Gone   You Can Move That Mountain   You Don't Have Very Far To Go   You're Gettin' Heavy On My Mind   Young Love   Your Light   Your Mem'ry Comes Along   Yours Love

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