Get a Little Dirt On Your Hands

When I was a little boy My Daddy used to say to me, son We've got a lot of big plans And a lotta hard work to be done Go get your marbles, put 'em in the house Tear down your castles in the sand Come with your pappy to the cotton patch Get a little dirt on your hands Get a little dirt on your hands, boy Get a little dirt on your hands If you wanna grow up to be a big, big man (You've gotta) get a little dirt on your hands (You've gotta) get a little dirt on your hands Oh well, I got to be twenty And I thought I was a pretty big wheel Left the country for the city Met a slicker with a shady deal He said, Hold up the tavern, take all the money Run as fast as you can If you're gonna get along in this big, bad world You've gotta get a little dirt on your hands Get a little dirt on your hands, boy Get a little dirt on your hands If you're gonna grow up to be a big, big man (You've gotta) get a little dirt on your hands (You've gotta) get a little dirt on your hands Well, now it's four in the morning And the warden is a callin' my name Says he's teaching' me a lesson Gonna send me out to work in the rain Dig that ditch, boy, chop that corn I gotta make you understand Only way to straighten out a guy like you Is to get a little dirt on your hands Get a little dirt on your hands, boy Get a little dirt on your hands If you're gonna grow up to be a big, big man (You've gotta) get a little dirt on your hands (You've gotta) get a little dirt on your hands (You've gotta) get a little dirt on your hands (You've gotta) get a little dirt on your hands (You've gotta) get a little dirt on your hands