Thank God I'm a Country Boy - Hampton the Hampster

[00:07.44]Well life on the farm is kinda laid back
[00:09.26]Ain't much an old country boy like me can't hack
[00:11.43]Early to rise, early in the sack
[00:13.81]Thank God I'm a country boy
[00:15.60]A simple kinda life never did me no harm
[00:17.54]A raisin' me a family and workin' on a farm
[00:19.41]My days are all filled with an easy country charm
[00:21.63]Thank God I'm a country boy
[00:23.68]Well I got me a fine wife, I got me a fiddle
[00:25.37]When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
[00:27.17]Life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle
[00:29.93]Thank God I'm a country boy
[00:32.24]When the work's all done and the sun's settlin' low
[00:34.10]I pull out my fiddle and I rosin up the bow
[00:35.92]The kids are asleep so I keep it kinda low
[00:38.11]Thank God I'm a country boy
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[00:42.90]But the Lord and my wife wouldn't take it very good
[00:43.91]So I fiddle when I can, and work when I should
[00:46.29]Thank God I'm a country boy
[00:48.19]Well I got me a fine wife, I got me a fiddle
[00:49.94]When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
[00:52.10]Life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle
[00:56.62]Thank God I'm a country boy
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[01:12.42]Thank God I'm a country boy
[01:14.28]I wouldn't trade my life for diamonds and jewels
[01:16.80]I never was one of them money hungry fools
[01:17.97]I'd rather have my fiddle and my farmin' tools
[01:20.32]Thank God I'm a country boy
[01:22.29]Yeah, city folk drivin' in a black Limousine
[01:24.14]A lotta sad people thinkin' that's mighty keen
[01:26.10]Now folks, let me tell you now exactly what I mean
[01:28.37]Thank God I'm a country boy
[01:30.30]Well I got me a fine wife, I got me a fiddle
[01:32.50]When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
[01:33.99]Life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle
[01:38.37]Thank God I'm a country boy
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[01:54.45]Thank God I'm a country boy
[01:56.22]Well, my fiddle was my daddy's till the day he died
[01:58.13]He took me by the hand, held me close to his side
[02:00.20]He said, "Live a good life and play my fiddle with pride"
[02:02.35]Thank God I'm a country boy
[02:04.29]My daddy taught me young how to hunt and how to whittle
[02:06.17]He taught me how to work and play a tune on the fiddle
[02:07.96]He taught me how to love and how to give just a little
[02:11.23]Thank God I'm a country boy
[02:13.12]Well I got me a fine wife, I got me a fiddle
[02:14.99]When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
[02:16.99]Life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle
[02:20.71]Thank God I'm a country boy
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[02:37.36]Thank God I'm a country boy