Get a Little Dirt On My 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 poppy 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 21 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 wanna 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 a-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, gotta get a little dirt on those hands, boy

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

(Get a little dirt on your hands) and remember what old whispering Bill told you in this song

(Get a little dirt on your hands) get a little dirt on those hands

Get a little dirt on your hands, son

Get a little dirt on your hands

If you wanna 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