Well it was 1890 when my brother lost his leg
And his wife had to pull him through the snow
Slave boy came outside and yelled through the wind
Your mothers dead she left us in the night
Fever caught her dead but I stowed away her corpse
I left her for the wolves out in the back
Their strippin down her flesh all that's left is bleached white bone
Well at least they'll leave us lone one more night
The pitchforks in the hay and we'll live another day
As long as we can get through one more night
This lands getting rotten and I have to shake my head
Cos the cattles sick and we'll all soon be dead
In 1891 I lost another son
I guess the cold just froze his bones to d**h
I never heard a peep from his little sister weepin
Oh she knows that she has to save her breath
The cold came one night
And nipped her little toes
She said "pa my feets is turnin black"
I turned to the wall
And laid my head and bawled
Come on girl lets go out and fetch my axe
The pitchforks in the hay and we'll live another day
As long as we can get through one more night
This lands getting rotten and I have to shake my head
Cos the cattles sick and we'll all soon be dead
Well it's 1893 and the cold just hit it's peak
It seems that all is left out here is me
Well I've crawled up into madness
An I'm waitin to meet d**h
I'll gladly shake his hand and introduce myself
I'll hang myself in the barn
Or throw me to the wolves
To be eaten alive at least I'd feel there warmth
Cos there's no lonliness like sittin in my piss
And wishin that I'd died long ago
The pitchforks in the hay and we'll live another day
As long as we can get through one more night
This lands getting rotten and I have to shake my head
Cos the cattles sick and we'll all soon be dead
The pitchforks in the hay and we'll live another day
As long as we can get through one more night
This lands getting rotten and I have to shake my head
Cos the cattles sick and we'll all soon be dead
Yeah the cattles sick and we'll all soon be dead
Yeah the cattles sick and we'll all soon be dead