If'n ye don't know the difference between a star an' a stripe 'n a blaze

Or 'twixt a palomino 'n a buckskin

Then mebbe i won't be able to 'splain this to ye rightly

But my pa tol' me I should be a farrier

On accounta a farrier has always got work.

Once a man has such a trade it don't pass from him.

Pa said a farrier can work any time and with but little tools

And there's always work for a farrier

And the folks that hire 'em always has money.

It takes money to own livestock

And good money to own good stock.

An them thet take care o' their stock,

Well they's good employment.

So ah'm workin' here until such time as I kin be trained propper

Then I kin git me them tools.

Salves, too y'know. Ya need salves.

Then I kin make money fer my keep as I please

And then I kin be settled.

Then I'll have done what my pa told.

Then I'll be alright.