When I was a little boy my daddy used to say to me, so-on

You've got a whole lot of livin' and a lot of hard work to be done

He said, go get your marbles, put 'em in the house

Tear down your castles in the sand

Come with your poppy to this 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 gotta get a little dirt on your hands

You gotta get a little dirt on your hands



Well I got to be twenty and I thought I was a pretty big whee-eel

Left the country for the city, met a slicker with a shady dea-eal

He said hold up the tavern, grab all the money

Run as fast as you can

If you wanna 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 wanna grow up to be a big big man

You gotta get a little dirt on your hands

You gotta get a little dirt on your hands



Well it's four in the mornin' and the warden is callin' my na-ame

Said he's teachin' me a lesson, gonna send me out to work in the rain

He said dig that ditch boy, chop that wood, I've gotta make you understand

The only way to straighten out a boy 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 wanna grow up to be a big big man

You gotta get a little dirt on your hands

You gotta get a little dirt on your hands

You gotta get a little dirt on your hands

You gotta get a little dirt on your hands

You gotta get a little dirt on your hands

You gotta get a little dirt on your hands

Get a little dirt on your hands

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