If There`s Not A Hell (there Ought To Be

<br>Farmer Jones ran short on seeds so he borrowed from his neigbor Sam<br>The fall brought Jones a flourishin` crop while his neighbor`s all burned brown<br>Sam had a wife and thirteen kids he worked to feed each day<br>With hungry pride he begged for help and he was turned away<br>He was forced to sell his farm for half its worth<br>To this man he thought a friend to be if there`s not a hell there ought to be<br>Mary Ann was sweet sixteen never had been around<br>A child as pure as a mountain stream that ran through her hometown<br>Then happened by the slick Tom Shark in his hand she was clay<br>She got caught and faced the shame and he laughed and went his way<br>Now no one knows where she`s at her folks sent her away<br>If there`s not a hell there ought to be<br>Widow Brown worked since Joe died and tried to save her pay<br>To give nine children beans and bread and pretty ties on Sunday<br>She got sick and slipped behind the rent she had to meet<br>They told her they were sorry and they kicked her out in the street<br>And that same day they came and took her kids away<br>If there`s not a hell there ought to be<br>Young Billy Brown he took a trip to keep his country free<br>We`re all proud of what he done for the good old USA<br>But somewhere there`s a mighty big man who kept this a goin` on<br>The personal game wealth and fame they did their league all wrong<br>All wrapped up in the stars and stripes Bill came home one day<br>If there`s not a hell there ought to be if there`s not a hell there ought to be