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[|The Poor Man's Struggle] By Adam McGinty

A poor man has to work all his life Raising tobacco is sure a nasty job as well as a hard one We burn out places to sow our seeds about three or four weeks start planting by the last of April We plow it at least four times chop it not less than three times

A poor man has to work all his life we get a barn we fire it curing at between 80 and 90 degrees up to 110 for about eight or ten hours stopping 120 degrees for three or four hours run the heat up to 130 for twenty-five hours takes four days and four nights to cure one barn

A poor man has to work all his life I don't pay no attention to politics no more I'm no church member never thought it right to do anything you don't exactly know you're right in doing A poor man has to work all his life give my family plenty to eat A poor man has to work all his life
 * but it's healthy **