Artist/Band: Lake Fork Verne Tabs
Song: Delaney Place (a Dollar A Day) Tab
Delaney Place (A Dollar A Day)
� by: Verne Garrison
February 23, 2006; Valley Park, MO.
The Delaney Place (A Dollar A Day)
(D) When I was a kid, we lived on the Delaney (G) Place
(A) My dad was the hired-(D) man
Everyday was a regular rat- (G) race
(A) But now I know it was part of a bigger (D) plan
Chorus: (D) Shucking corn by hand in the (G) Fall
(A) One cent a bushel was the (D) pay
Milking cows and slopping hogs and (G) all
(A) Worked long and hard for a dollar a (D) day
(D) The rooms in the old house had high (G) ceilings
(A) Wall paper kept out the wind and (D) the dust
I remember with mixed (G) feelings,
(A) Featherbeds, heavy comforts, to keep warm, (D) a must
(D) Come Winter, the sows had their (G) litter
(A) There was always a runt who was pushed (D) away
We�d bring it inside and spoon feed milk its (G) dinner
(A) Till it was warm and strong enough to make its (D) way
Chorus: (D) Shucking corn by hand in the (G) Fall
(A) One cent a bushel was the (D) pay
Milking cows and slopping hogs and (G) all
(A) Worked long and hard for a dollar a (D) day
(D) Just as the winters were (G) cold
(A) The summers were just as (D) hot
Many times I have been (G) told
(A) We slept out in the yard on a mattress or (D) cot
(D) Mr. Delaney was a rich old (G) man
(A) But he treated us pretty (D) nice
Cause my dad was a good hired (G) man
(A) We had shelter so long as Dad paid the (D) price
Chorus: (D) Shucking corn by hand in the (G) Fall
(A) One cent a bushel was the (D) pay
Milking cows and slopping hogs and (G) all
(A) Worked long and hard for a dollar a (D) day
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