Goin Back To My Plow
by 
Big Bill Broonzy 
recording of 19 
from , 
I was a plowhand for forty years, I swore I would never plow no more 
Yeah, I was a plowhand for forty years, I swore I would never plow no more 
Now, I'm a married man, now, oh, Lord, there ain't no more so and so 
I'm goin' back to my plow, Lord, and a woman is the cause of it all 
Yes, back to my plow now, yes, and a woman is the cause of it all 
Now, she said "If you don't raise no cotton, oh, Lord, Bill we won't have no money in the fall" 
I'm goin' git my honey, I mean my old mule too 
I'm goin' git my honey, I declare I'm goin' git my old mule too 
Now, I have really promised, oh, lord, I really got that to do 
Farmin' is alright, girl, if you know just what to do 
Farmin' is alright, girl, I declare, if you know just what to do 
'Cause it killed my old grand pappy, oh, Lord, I declare I'm gonna make it kill me too 
Ev'ry night, I'm callin' John, Jake and Pat 
Yeah, ev'ry night I'm callin' John, Jake and Pat 
Now, I had a dream last night, oh, Lord, that old mule was in my hat