Poor Man

DESCRIPTION: "I worked all the winter time, I worked through the spring, I planted my corn and taters, Then it wouldn't rain. There ain't nothing for a poor man in this world." The singer catalogs his troubles: Drought, flood, poverty, and work every day
AUTHOR: Frank Proffitt
EARLIEST DATE: 1964 (Warner-TraditionalAmericanFolkSongsFromAnneAndFrankWarnerColl)
KEYWORDS: poverty nonballad
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Warner-TraditionalAmericanFolkSongsFromAnneAndFrankWarnerColl 117, "Poor Man" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: _Sing Out_ magazine, Volume 24, #2 (1975), p, 14, "Poor Man" (1 text, 1 tune, included in a memorial to Frank Profitt)
ST Wa117 (Partial)
Roud #5733
File: Wa117

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