Johnny Cash - When Papa Played the Dobro lyrics

My Papa was a hobo when they delivered me
We didn't have a doctor 'cause
He couldn't pay the fee
But when the going got too
Bad to ease his misery
Papa played the dobro this a-way and he'd go

When company would come around
He kept the dobro hid
He knew he couldn't play the
Way the other players did
Why the guitar's resonator was
A gallon-bucket lid
But Papa played the dobro this
Way and he'd go

Well now that Papa's gone away
It's hanging by the flue
The top of it's rusted and
The strings are rusty too
It won't ever sound the way that
It did when it was new
When Papa played the dobro this
A-way and he'd go