Wisconsin Life

banjo playing

When I first came to this land, I was not a wealthy man So I got myself a shack and I did what I could And I call my shack "Break my Back" That's your part. I call my shack "Break my Back" But the land was sweet and good and I did what I could When I first came to this land, I was not a wealthy man So I got myself a farm and I did what I could I call my farm Muscle in my Arm And I call my shack "Break my Back But the land was sweet and good and I did what I could When I first came to this land, I was not a wealthy man So I got myself a duck and I did what I could I call my duck Out of Luck And I call my farm Muscle in my Arm And I call my shack "Break my Back But the land was sweet and good and I did what I could When I first came to this land, I was not a wealthy man So I got myself a cow and I did what I could I call my cow No Milk Now And I call my duck Out of Luck I call my farm Muscle in my Arm And I call my shack "Break my Back But the land was sweet and good and I did what I could When I first came to this land, I was not a wealthy man So I got myself a wife and I did what I could I call my wife Joy of my Life And I call my cow No Milk Now Call my duck Out of Luck I call my farm Muscle in my Arm And I call my shack "Break my Back But the land was sweet and good and I did what I could Now the kind of music I'm doing today is called folk music. So if I'm singing a folk song, that makes me a folk singer, right? Okay. So if I'm a folk singer singing a folk song, what does that make you? Folks! Right, you're the folks. So if this is a folk song, you're the folks. This song belongs to us and we can mess around with it. So if I came here to Wisconsin, I got myself a wife and a cow and a duck and a farm and a shack. What else do you think I need? Maybe I can make a new verse about it. What do you think? Money? I'm not sure what it looked like back then. When I first came to this land, I was not a wealthy man So I got myself some money and I did what I could I call my money It s Look Funny And I call my wife Joy of my Life And I call my cow No Milk Now Call my duck Out of Luck I call my farm Muscle in my Arm And I call my shack "Break my Back But the land was sweet and good and I did what I could. Who's got another one? Yeah. Food. That's a good idea. When I first came to this land, I was not a wealthy man So I got myself some food and I did what I could I call my food "It Tastes Good" And I call my money It s Look Funny Call my wife Joy of my Life I call my cow No Milk Now Call my duck Out of Luck I call my farm Muscle in my Arm And I call my shack "Break my Back But the land was sweet and good and I did what I could (applause)