HILLMAN
Benny Martin & John Hartford


I slept on a dirt floor cold and damp
Strained my eyes by a coal oil lamp
Chopped up wood for a heatin' stove
Bathed in a tub behind the store
Hillman is nature's buddy
He'll walk bare-footed when the roads are muddy
Hillman is nature's buddy-oo-oo-oo

Every hillman that I've seen yet
He knows how to fiddle and to call a set
They all live happy till life is spent
And when they kick the bucket, it's an accident
Hillman is nature's buddy
He knows everything from a buck to a buzzard
Hillman is nature's buddy-oo

I judge my friends by the deeds they do
The side of a beef is a mountain dew
You can tell when a hillman's got his knot
He's got three cards on a cement block
Hillman ain't scared of trouble
He guards his life with a gun that's double
Hillman is nature's buddy-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo

Daddy worked hard for a dollar a day
He'll nap that total but he'll never behave
Friends play holes that Daddy dug
Want a bath, with a path, no shower, no tub
Hillman is nature's buddy
He'll walk bare-footed when the roads are muddy
Hillman is nature's buddy-oo-oo-oo
Hillman is nature's buddy
He knows everything from a buck to a buzzard
Hillman is nature's buddy-oo-ooooh
Hillman ain't scared of trouble
He guards his life with a gun that's double
Hillman is nature's buddy-oo-oooh



(Transcribed by Monique Adriaansen & Mel Priddle - December 2003)