When he was just a youngster and a hardly in his teens
He went to school many a day in faded ole blue jeans
Tatches they were many his seat was all threadbare
But this poor girl didn't notice cause this poor girl didn't care

Poor boy ain't got no money poor boy ain't got no dough
Give the poor boy this little ole gal and you watch that poor boy go
He's the backbone of the nation the pappy of our land
With a two buck loan he'll build us a home we'll raise a poor boy clan

His worries they are many his pleasures are but few
But that don't worry that poor boy his daddy had 'em too
His livin' don't come easy he's had to sweat it out
But I'd rather have a poor boy than a wealthy gadabout

Poor boy ain't got no money poor boy ain't got no dough..
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If it wasn't for the poor boy a lot would go undone
The plow would never forough the mill would never run
There wouldn'd be no taters there wouldn'd be no beans
The rich would all be poor boys in faded ole blue jeans

Poor boy ain't got no money poor boy ain't got no dough...

He's the backbone of the nation the pappy of our land
With a two buck loan he'll build us a home we'll raise a poor boy clan