 Well, I wouldn't pay my life for diamonds or jewels. I never was one of them money-hungry fools. I'd rather have a fiddle and my farming tools. Thank God I'm a country boy. Here are city folks driving in a black limousine. A lot of sad people thinking that's a mighty keen. Well, son, let me tell you now exactly what I mean. I 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. Life ain't nothing but a funny, funny riddle. Thank God I'm a country boy.