I sawed the timber for the cabin floor
I built a plank fence out of locust board
I worked the corn rows in the early morn
And raised a family on a poor man’s farm

Thirty two acres of bottom land
Bought and paid for with my own hand
Worth a fortune to a workin’ man
Thirty two acres of bottom land

I planted a peach tree now the leaves are dyin’
I watered a grapevine it’s no longer mine
The county’s taken everything I own
‘Cause it’s on the right way for a four lane road

[1] I sawed the timber for the [5] cabin [1] floor
I built a [5] plank fence out of locust [1] board
I worked the [4] corn rows in the early [1] morn
And raised a [5] family on a poor man’s [1] farm

[1] Thirty two [4] acres of bottom [1] land
Bought and [5] paid for with my own [1] hand
Worth a [4] fortune to a workin’ [1] man
Thirty two [5] acres of bottom [1] land

I planted a peach tree now the leaves are dyin’
I watered a grapevine it’s no longer mine
The county’s taken everything I own
‘Cause it’s on the right way for a four lane road