ATF: Redneck Anthems

This weekly series will include as many of my all-time favorite tunes as I can get my grubby little hands on (so to speak).  Now, each one included in each edition will have some connection with the other—albeit only as a figment of my imagination, but they will not be numbered.  For I just cannot bring myself to rate some higher than others.  So, this will not be a countdown, but if you are enjoying them as much as I do, it won’t matter.  Besides, with no countdown, this could go on forever and ever!  Oh, and despite the fact that there is absolutely no way that your musical tastes can be as exquisite as mine, I welcome any suggestions that you might dare to make.  I am, after all, quite magnanimous by nature.

Link: [Charlie Daniels]

Long-Haired Country Boy

Charlie Daniels

People say I'm no good

And crazy as a loon

‘Cause I get stoned in the mornin’

I get drunk in the afternoon

Kinda like my ole blue tick hound

I like to lay around in the shade

And I ain't got no money

But I've damn sure got it made

‘Cause I ain't askin' nobody for nothing

If I can't get it on my own

If you don't like the way I'm livin'

You just leave this long-haired country boy alone

Preacher man talkin' on TV

Puttin' down the rock and roll

He wants me to send a donation

‘Cause he's worried about my soul

He said Jesus walked on the water

And I know that it's true

But sometimes I think that preacher man

Would like to do a little walkin' too

And I ain't askin' nobody for nothing

If I can't get it on my own

If you don't like the way I'm livin'

You just leave this long-haired country boy alone

A poor girl wants to marry

And a rich girl wants to flirt

A rich man goes to college

And a poor man goes to work

A drunkard wants another drink of wine

And a politician wants a vote

I don't want much of nothing at all

But I will take another toke

But I ain't askin' nobody for nothing

If I can't get it on my own

If you don't like the way I'm livin'

You just leave this long-haired country boy alone

Link: [Hank Williams, Jr.]

A Country Boy Can Survive

Hank Williams, Jr.

The preacher man says

It's the end of time

And the Mississippi River

She's a-goin' dry

The interest is up

And the stock market's down

And you only get mugged

If you go downtown

I live back in the woods

You see

My woman

And the kids

And the dogs

And me

I've got a shotgun

A rifle

And a four-wheel drive

And a country boy can survive

Country folks can survive

I can plow a field

All day long

I can catch catfish

From dusk ‘til dawn

We make our own whiskey

And our own smokes too

Ain't too many things

These ole boys can't do

We grow good ole tomatoes

And homemade wine

And a country boy can survive

Country folks can survive

Because you can't starve us out

And you can't make us run

‘Cause we's them ole boys

Raised on shotguns

We say grace

And we say ma'am

If you ain't into that

We don't give a damn

We come from West Virginia coal mines

And the Rocky Mountains

And the western skies

And we can skin a buck

We can run a trot-line

And a country boy can survive

Country folks can survive

I had a good friend

In New York City

He never called me by my name

Just hillbilly

My Grandpa taught me how

To live off the land

And his taught him

To be a business man

He used to send me pictures

Of the Broadway nights

And I'd send him

Some homemade wine

But he was killed by a man

With a switchblade knife

For 43 dollars

My friend lost his life

I'd love to spit some Beechnut

In that dude's eyes

And shoot him with my ole .45

‘Cause a country boy can survive

Country folks can survive

‘Cause you can't starve us out

And you can't make us run

‘Cause we's them ole boys

Raised on shotguns

We say grace

And we say ma'am

If you ain't into that

We don't give a damn

We're from North California

And South Alabam

And little towns

All around this land

And we can skin a buck

And run a trot-line

And a country boy can survive

Country folks can survive

Country boy can survive

Country folks can survive

Lyrics From: [elyrics.net]

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