HE WALKED INTO
THE BAR AND PARKED
HIS LANKY FRAME
UPON A TALL BAR STOOL
AND WITH A LONG SOFT
SOUTHERN DRAWL
SAID I'LL JUST
HAVE A GLASS OF
ANYTHING THAT'S COOL
A BAR ROOM GIRL
WITH HARDENED
KNOWING EYES
SLOWLY LOOKED HIM
UP AND DOWN
AND SHE THOUGHT
I WONDER
HOW ON EARTH THAT
COUNTRY BUMPKIN
FOUND HIS WAY
TO TOWN
SHE SAID HELLO
COUNTRY BUMPKIN
HOW'S THE FROST
OUT ON THE PUMPKINS
I'VE SEEN SOME SIGHTS
BUT MAN
YOU'RE SOMETHING
WHERE'D YOU
COME FROM
COUNTRY BUMPKIN
IT WAS JUST A
SHORT YEAR LATER
IN A BED OF
JOY FILLED TEARS
YET DEATH LIKE PAIN
INTO THIS WONDROUS
WORLD OF
MANY WONDERS
ONE MORE WONDER
CAME
THAT SAME WOMAN'S
FACE WAS WRAPPED UP
IN A RAPTURED
LOOK OF LOVE
AND TENDERNESS
AS SHE MARVELED AT
THE SOFT AND WARM
AND CUDDLY BOY-CHILD
FEEDING AT HER BREAST
AND SHE SAID
HELLO COUNTRY
BUMPKIN
FRESH AS FROST
OUT ON THE PUMPKINS
I'VE SEEN SOME SIGHTS
BUT BABE YOU'RE
SOMETHING
MAMA LOVES HER
COUNTRY BUMPKIN
FORTY YEARS OF
HARD WORK LATER
IN A SIMPLE QUIET
AND PEACEFUL
COUNTRY PLACE
THE HEAVY HAND
OF TIME HAD NOT
ERASED THE
RAPTURED WONDER
FROM THE WOMAN'S
FACE
SHE WAS LYING
ON HER DEATH BED
KNOWING FULLY WELL
HER RACE WAS
NEARLY RUN
BUT SHE SOFTLY SMILED
AND LOOKED INTO
THE SAD EYES OF HER
HUSBAND AND HER SON
AND SHE SAID
SO LONG COUNTRY
BUMPKIN
THE FROST IS GONE NOW
FROM THE PUMPKINS
I'VE SEEN SOME SIGHTS
AND LIFE'S BEEN
SOMETHING
SEE YOU LATER
COUNTRY BUMPKIN