Mommy n Daddy

How my mother would shake like a stone When the Rev. John Miller came comin round to call Mommy n Daddy sold what they had to save the congregation If I could go away down south I'd meet a better man I don't want no IOU's they ain't no consolation Saw my mommy and daddy worked to the bone Saw my mommy and daddy worked to the bone Saw my mommy and daddy worked to the bone Saw my mommy and daddy pray to you Lord As daddy lay in the parlour I prayed for his soul Now frail and thinner From working to the bone Mommy and Daddy sold what they had to save the congregation If I could go a way down south I'd meet a better man I don't want no IOU's they ain't no consolation Saw my mommy and daddy worked to the bone Saw my mommy and daddy worked to the bone Saw my mommy and daddy worked to the bone Saw my mommy and daddy prayin to you Lord