when the man don't work the woman don't cook (folk country bluegrass original ukulele)

wow! the date on the lyric sheet for this song says 4/20/05! this sucker's almost 4 years old!
reckon it's time somebody heard it.
performed on my oft-repaired greg bennett uk-60.

well, the boss came to me 'bout a month ago
he said, "i'm sorry but things are slow"
i guess you know how the story goes from here
i broke the news to my dear sweet wife
and then i said "baby, what's for dinner tonight?"
she looked at me and said "let's get one thing clear"

i hope you like the taste of tv dinners
did you know you can buy peanut butter and jelly
in the same jar?
now here's a little tip you might remember
while you're giving those classifieds a look
when the man don't work the woman don't cook

well, i never was much of a chicken fryer
and i durn near set the house on fire
i'm eatin' ritz crackers and going on interviews
i guess some folks might think it's funny
but i remember when i used to like baloney
i've got those kraft-american single slice blues

i hope you like the taste of tv dinners
did you know you can buy peanut butter and jelly
in the same jar?
now here's a little tip you might remember
while you're giving those classifieds a look
when the man don't work the woman don't cook

now it's been a month of hittin' the streets
lookin' for work and somethin' to eat
but somehow gainful employment cannot be found
if anybody here knows of a job
or if ya just got a little extra corn on the cob
could ya let me know 'cuz believe i'm sinkin' down

i hope you like the taste of tv dinners
did you know you can buy peanut butter and jelly
in the same jar?
now here's a little tip you might remember
while you're giving those classifieds a look
when the man don't work the woman don't cook

Category:

Music

Tags:

• original
• song
• songwriter
• folk
• country
• bluegrass
• ukulele

[TheMeanhippy]

This is good stuff! This sounds like something the musicians and song writers in my family would have done! I love this kind of down home music, it always makes me smile!

[unclejeff64]

@TheMeanhippy thank you sir!

there's a live clip of this song from a festival floating around here somewhere.

check it out if you have a chance. thanks again!

[unclejeff64]

thanks!

[unclejeff64]

thanks for watching and thanks for the sub!

[unclejeff64]

hey thanks!

the best you can hope for is that someone likes what you do enough to pass it on.

i really appreciate it!

[unclejeff64]

thanks!

this is one of those that showed up by itself and took about 5 minutes to write.

thanks for watching!

[MarkSouza22]

Good song for the times! Something Woody Guthrie might have written were he alive today.

[EquestrianPride16]

love it :) really cute :)

[freakchickindahows]

haha, amazing song!

so funny and true at the same time~

loved it! i sent this to about 9 of my friends!

[CharTres1717]

Glad you have let us all hear this song; nice tune and lyrics.