Pioneer

Go to sleep little Cory for you can't understand
 you're a sick little baby in your mothers tired hands
 well your Daddy fetched the doctor but he had to use his gun
 he's always been reckless and he's always on the run
 well the doctor says he's worried cause your fever hadn't broke
 gonna wrap you in a blanket gonna put you on a boat
 sail across the mississippi to a town where music plays
 gonna steak you penicillin make your fever go away
 and when you grow up don't you hate your momma and daddy
 cause they gave you everything that you ever had
 and it ain't no wonder that most dont make it
 no wonder so many die, it ain't easy to be a pioneer when the land that you move to is dry
 wake up little Cory and get the water from the well
 count to nine Mississippi then your Daddy needs your help
 give the feed to the chickens and in the rows you plant the corn
 get the rations up for winter and build a fire to keep it warm
 and you'll learn to use a riffle and you'll learn to use a knife
 and you'll learn how to hunt and you'll learn how to fight
 and you learn to pack a saddle and you take it off to town
 just a three days of riding sell the skinds and turn around
 and when you grow up don't you hate your Momma and Daddy
 cause they gave you everything that they ever had
 and it ain't no wonder that most don't make it
 no matter how hard they try, it ain't easy to be a pioneer when the land that you move to is dry
 go to sleep little Cory for you're a grown boy
 gonna have to be the man now with your Daddy off to war
 keep your eye on the horses and keep your mother safe
 got two hungry sisters and another on the way
 and when you grow up don't you hate your Momma and Daddy
 cause they gave you everything that they ever had
 and it ain't no wonder that most don't make it
 no wonder so many die, it ain't easy to be a pioneer when the land that you move to is dry
 it ain't easy to be a pioneer when the land that you move to is dry