Porter Wagoner - Old Black Kettle lyrics

I remember when I was just little mama used to cook in an old black kettle On an old wood stove she'd had since she was wed Now the oven door was sprung a little bit So we propped it up with a forkhead stick That didn't matter cause mama kept us fed My mama and daddy must've loved each other Cause I had a bunch of sisters and brothers The girls worked just as hard as us boys did There was corn to hoe we'd go hoe it we might've been poor but we didn't know it We'd heard that word but we didn't know what it meant Oh didn't we have such a good life And the days that I knew then are the happiest I've known Oh didn't we have such a good time You know it's sad to think the old black kettle's gone The old black kettle's gone the old black kettle's gone ( guitar ) Now there wasn't nothin' that pleased us any better Than when we'd get an occasional letter From kinfolks livin' up north in some big town We'd think of all the games we'd play and we just couldn't hardly wait When our city cousins said they was a comin' down Now mama's done away with the old black kettle She used to cook in when I was just little And the door ain't sprung on her new electric range And that little old farm and home we had it ain't there no more and that's too bad Folks're doin' away with the simple things Oh didn't we have... Folks're doin' away with most of the simple things