AIN'T GONNA WORK TOMORROW
(Traditional / A.P. Carter)


The Carter Family - 1928
Flatt&  Scruggs - 1961
The Louvin Brothers - 1961
Keith&  Rooney - 1962
Béla Fleck - 1979
Wilma Lee Cooper - 1979
Hot Rize - 1981
Raymond W. McLain - 1991
Salamander Crossing - 1998
John Hasbrouck - 2004
County Line Bluegrass - 2004
Jim Watson - 2004
Pete Pike - 2005
Kim Beggs - 2006
The Forge Mountain Diggers - 2006
Emily Singleton - 2007
Rhett Ratliff - 2007
The Roadoilers - 2007
Bob&  Lynn Dixon - 2009
The South Carolina Broadcasters - 2011
Wheels Fargo&  The Nightingale - 2011

Also recorded by:
Raymond Fairchild&  The Frosty Mountain Boys; Chet Atkins;
Laurie Lewis; Clarence 'Hound Dog' Jackson; Chris Webster;
Blue Highway; Country Gentlemen........and others.








As recorded by THE CARTER FAMILY:

I'm a-going to leave this country
I'm a-going around this world
I'm going to leave this country
For the sake of one little girl

Well she told me that she loved me
And it give my poor heart grief
And she's got her back turned on me
She's courting whoever she please

(Instrumental Break)

Well I lost my money in gambling
And I lost my name you see
I am nobody's darling
And nobody cares for me

Don't you hear my banjo ringing
Don't you hear this mournful sound
Don't you hear those pretty girls laughing
Standing on the cold, frozen ground

I'll hang my head in sorrow
I'll hang my head and cry
I'll hang my head in sorrow
As my darling passes by

Well, I ain't gonna work tomorrow
And I may not work next day
I ain't gonna work tomorrow
For it be a wet, rainy day


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As recorded by THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN:

I ain't gonna work tomorrow
Ain't gonna work today
Ain't gonna work tomorrow, Lord
For that is my wedding day

I love my Mama and Papa, too
I love my Mama and Papa, too
I love my Mama and Papa, too
But I'd leave them both to go with you

I've been all around this country
I've been all around this world
I've been all around this country, Lord
For the sake of one little girl

I'm leaving you this lonesome song
I'm leaving you this lonesome song
I'm leaving you this lonesome song
'Cause I'm gonna be gone before long


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As recorded by HOT RIZE:

Oh, I'm gonna leave this country
Yeah, I'm gonna leave this world
Goin' to leave this country
For the sake of one little girl

Oh, I ain't gonna work tomorrow
And I ain't gonna work next day
I ain't gonna work tomorrow
For it may be a rainy day

(Instrumental Break)

Can't you hear the banjo ringin'
Can't you hear that mournful sound
Can't you hear them pretty gals laughin'
Oh, there on the cold, cold ground

Oh, I ain't gonna work tomorrow
And I ain't gonna work next day
I ain't gonna work tomorrow
For it may be a rainy day

(Instrumental Break)

Oh, I hang my head in sorrow
Yeah, I hang my head and cry
I hang my head in sorrow
As my darlin' passes by

Oh, I ain't gonna work tomorrow
And I ain't gonna work next day
I ain't gonna work tomorrow
For it may be a rainy day

(Instrumental Break)

Oh, I ain't gonna work tomorrow
And I ain't gonna work next day
I ain't gonna work tomorrow
For it may be a rainy day






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - May 2012)