Get a Little Dirt on Your Hands

When I was a little boy

Daddy used to say to me "Son,"

"We got a lot of land

We got a lot of 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

Get a little dirt on your hands, son

Get a little dirt on your hands

If you're gonna grow up to be a big, big man

Get a little dirt on your hands

Get a little dirt on your hands

Well, I reached twenty-one

And I thought I was a pretty big wheel

I left the country for the city

Met a slicker with a shady deal

He said, "hold up the bank, boy and take all the money

And run as fast as you can

The only way you'll ever get along in this world

Is to get a little dirt on your hands

Get a little dirt on your hands

Get a little dirt on your hands, son

Get a little dirt on your hands

If you want to grow up to be a big, big man

Get a little dirt on your hands

Get a little dirt on your hands"

Well, it's four in the morning

And the warden is calling' my name

He said he's teaching' me a lesson

Now he's making' me go work in the rain

Dig that ditch, boy, fill it up

I'm wanting you to understand

The only way to straighten out a guy like you

Is to get a little dirt on his hands

Get a little dirt on his hands

Hey, David

Got to get a little dirt on those hands, boy

Yeah, if you want to grow up to be a big, big man (if you wanna grow up to be a big, big man)

You better remember what old Whispering Bill told you in his song (you got to get a little dirt on your hands)

Get a little dirt on those hands

Little dirt on your hands, son

Get a little dirt on your hands

If you want to grow up to be a big, big man

Get a little dirt on your hands

Get a little dirt on your hands

Get a little dirt on your hands, son

I got a little dirt on my hands

Get a little dirt on your hands