Young Man Who Wouldnt Hoe Corn

C I’ll sing you a song and it’s not very long G Am It’s about a young man who wouldn’t hoe corn C G Am The reason why I can’t tell G Am This young man was always well C He planted his corn in the month of June G Am And by July it was knee high C G Am First of September there came a big frost G Am And all this young man’s corn was lost C He went to the fence and there peeked in G Am The weeds and the grass grew up to his chin C G Am The weeds and the grass they grew so high G Am It caused this young man for to sigh C He went down to his neighbour’s door G Am Where he had often been before C G Am Saying “Pretty little miss, will you marry me? G Am Pretty little miss what do you say?” C “Here you are a wanting for to wed G Am And cannot make your own cornbread C G Am Single I am and single I’ll remain G Am A lazy man I won’t maintain C Well he went down to a pretty little wider G Am And I hope by heck that he don’t get her C G Am She gave him the mitten as sure as you’re born G Am And all because he wouldn’t hoe corn.