[Chorus]
I wanna be a hillbilly, prayin' for the rain
Drink corn whiskey, raise a little cane

You can have the big city, I wanna be a hillbilly.

City folks got worries,

A country boy's got none
All I wanna be is the daddy of a farmer's son
Subdivisions are silly, I wanna be a hillbilly.


[Chorus]
I wanna be a hillbilly, prayin' for the rain

Drink corn whiskey, raise a little cane
You can have the big city, I wanna be a hillbilly.


When I get finished plowin'
I'm gonna go to the pond
And take my sweet baby

And have some good clean fun
You gotta work, that's a pity
I'm gonna be a hillbilly.


[Chorus]
I wanna be a hillbilly, prayin' for the rain

Drink corn whiskey, raise a little cane
You can have the big city, I wanna be a hillbilly.
When I die, throw me a big fine wake

And have a party in the barn
Let me lie in state
Plant me under that oak tree

I wanna be a hillbilly

[Chorus]

I wanna be a hillbilly, prayin' for the rain
Drink corn whiskey, raise a little cane
You can have the big city, I wanna be a hillbilly.


Subdivisions are silly
I wanna be a hillbilly.