GAME THREAD: Braves (46-52) @ Orioles (48-49) - July 27, 2015

Well, life's on a farm is kinda laid back, ain't much an old country boy like me can't hack. It's early to rise, early in the sack thank God I'm a country boy. Well, a simple kind of life never did me no harm, raising me a family and working on the farm. My days are all filled with an easy country charm, thank God I'm a country boy. Well, I got me a fine wife, I got me old fiddle. When the sun's coming up, I got cakes on the griddle. And life ain't nothing but a funny, funny riddle, thank God I'm a country boy.

When the work's all done and the sun's setting low, I pull out my fiddle and I rosin up the bow. The kids are asleep so I keep it kinda low, thank God I'm a country boy. I'd play Sally Gooding all day if I could, but the lord and my wife wouldn't take it very good. So I fiddle when I can and I work when I should, thank God I'm a country boy. Well, I got me a fine wife, I got me old fiddle. When the sun's coming up, I got cakes on the griddle. And life ain't nothing but a funny, funny riddle, thank God I'm a country boy.

I wouldn't trade my life for diamonds or jewels, I never was one of them money hungry fools. I'd rather have my fiddle and my farming tools, thank God I'm a country boy. Yeah, city folk driving in a black limousine, a lotta sad people thinking that's-a mighty keen. Son, let me tell you now exactly what I mean, thank God I'm a country boy. Well, I got me a fine wife, I got me old fiddle. When the sun's coming up, I got cakes on the griddle. And life ain't nothing but a funny, funny riddle, thank God I'm a country boy.

Well, my fiddle was my daddy's till the day he died, and he took me by the hand and held me close to his side. He said, "Live a good life and play my fiddle with pride, and thank God you're a country boy. My Daddy taught me young how to hunt and how to whittle, he taught me how to work and play a tune on the fiddle. He taught me how to love and how to give just a little, thank God I'm a country boy. Well, I got me a fine wife, I got me old fiddle. When the sun's coming up, I got cakes on the griddle. And life ain't nothing but a funny, funny riddle, thank God I'm a country boy.

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