Hello, stranger Hello there, stranger Does this, road go all the way to Little Rock? I’ve been standing here all day And it hasn’t gone nowhere yet
Hello, stranger Hello again, stranger Your corn looks awful little and yeller I planted the little yeller kind
Hello, stranger Well, hi there, stranger I don’t believe that you’re too far from a fool, are you? Believe what? I said, I don’t believe you’re very far from a fool No, that’s right, son Just this guitar and mandolin here between us
Hello, stranger Well, hiya, stranger How’d your potatoes turn out? They didn’t turn out at all I had to dig them out
Hello, stranger Well, hello, stranger Can’t you see that your roof is leaking? Why don’t you fix it? Well, right now it’s rainin’ too hard And when the suns a shinin Why, it don’t leak!
Hello, stranger Well, hello there, stranger Have you lived here all your life? Not yet!
Hello, stranger Hello again there, stranger You’re not very smart are you? No… but I ain’t lost