Everything's Okay

I went to the country - just the other day
 To see my Uncle Bill and sorta pass the time away
 I asked him how he'd been - since last, I'd passed his way
 He rubbed his chin - here's what he had to say.
 "My wife's been sick - the young'ns, too
 And I'm durn near - down with the flu
 The cow's gone dry - and them hens won't lay
 But - we're still a-livin' - so everything's Okay
 The hogs took the cholera and they've all done died
 The bees got mad - and they left the hive
 The weevils got the corn and the rain rotted the hay
 But - we're still a-livin' - so everything's Okay
 The porch rotted down - that's more expense
 The durned old mule - he tore down the fence
 The mortgage is due and - I can't pay
 But - we're still a-livin' - so everything's Okay
 The cow broke in the field and eat up the beans
 The durn rabbits - they got the turnip greens
 And my Ma-in-law just moved in to stay
 But - we're still a-livin' - so everything's Okay
 My land's so poor - so hard and "yeller"
 You have to set on a sack of fetilizer to raise an "umbreller"
 And it rains out here - nearly ever' day
 But - we're still a-livin' - so everything's Ok
 The well's gone dry and I have to tote the water
 Up from the spring - about a mile and a quarter
 My helper, he quit - for the lack of pay
 But - we're still a-livin' - so everything's Okay
 The house it leaks - it needs a new top
 When it rains - it wets ever'thing we got
 The chimney fell down - just yesterday
 But - we're still a-livin' - so everything's Okay
 The corn meals gone and the meat's run out
 Got nothin' to kill to put in the smokehouse
 The preacher's comin' Sunday - to spend the day
 But - we're still a-livin' - so everything's Okay
 The canned stuff's spoiled - else the jar's got broke
 And all we got left is one old Billy goat
 We're gonna have a new baby about the first of May
 But - we're still a-livin' - so everything's Okay
 My crop it rotted - in the ground
 I asked for another loan but the banker turned me down
 But - we're still a-livin' and we're prayin' for better days
 So - after all, ever'thing's in purty good shape."