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Grandma she had nothing working on the farm
Went and got herself a chicken, couldn?t do no harm
She sold the eggs to buy the spoils they would need
That?s just the way it was in 1933
Grandma she hand nothing, she had nothing but the blues


After the chickens made some bread she got a cow
Traded milk for magic beans and the n she got a plow
She worked the field from dawn to dusk and then some more
That?s just the way it was in 1944
Grandma she had nothing, she had nothing but the blues


The time soon came to sell the land and move to town
She had a son already and she had one more coning ?round
Her daughter was my mother later on in time
That?s just the way it was in 1955
Grandma she had nothing, she had nothing but the blues


Grandma lived in Saskatoon once she left PA
On the west side of the river at 505 Avenue J
She?d do a little baking there and batter up the mix
That?s just the way it was in 1966
Grandma she had nothing, she had nothing but the blues


I met grandma for the first time somewhere down the road
I remember watching her when I was three years old
Running over to her with all my engine?s revvin?
That?s just the way it was in 1977
Grandma she had nothing, she had nothing but the blues


Grandma she had nothing, I once heard her day
To cousin Wayne from the backseat of my car on Christmas day
You?re getting lots of money that?s helping you get by
John and I had nothing but you never heard us cry
Grandma she had nothing, she had nothing but the blues