Get A Little Dirt On Your Hands Lyrics

Get A Little Dirt On Your Hands lyrics

By Bill Anderson



Dedication: To Whispering Bill Anderson and a
friendship I value as much as any other because of his talent and also his
inspiration. To Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Porter Wagoner, Ernest Tub, Hank
Snow, Marty Robbins and Lefty Frizzell for singing prison songs when I was
still a prisoner.



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, SON 



IF YOUR GONNA GROW UP TO BE A BIG
BIG MAN



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



 



WELL ITS 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



IM WANTING' YOU TO UNDERSTAND



THE ONLY
WAY TO STRAIGHTEN OUT A GUY LIKE YOU 



IS TO GET A LITTLE DIRT ON
YOUR HANDS



GET A LITTLE DIRT ON YOUR 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



YOU BETTER
REMEMBER WHAT OLD WHISPERING BILL TOLD YOU IN THIS SONG-a