[ODETTA, spoken]
Say, Lizzie, that new white dress looks awful pretty.

[LIZZIE, spoken]
Thank you.

[VIVIAN, spoken]
Oh, and I see you baked one of your special lemon cakes.

[LIZZIE, spoken]
Pop and the boys invited File for picnic lunch.

[ODETTA, spoken]
File's comin'

[VIVIAN, spoken]
File's comin'

[WOMEN, spoken]
File's comin'?

[ODETTA]
Nice to have a day off

[CLARENCE, spoken]
You ladies stop that gossipin' and get the chow on, we’re hungry!
[WOMEN]
Nice to have a day off

[CURT, spoken]
Might as well have one good meal before we go to the poor house

[REV. CLARK]
The crops are nearly rotten
They shrivel up and waste away

[CODY]
Grass is low, where nothing seems to grow

[REV. CLARK & CODY]
And there’s not a lot of hay

[CODY]
Oh, well
It’s picnic, what the hell

[MEN]
Might as well enjoy the day

[WOMEN]
Fix a basket of food for the hungry men
Find a place in the shade for the hungry men[ODETTA & LILY]
Fix a basket of food
For the hungry men
Find a place in the shade
For the hungry men
Make a nice lemon cake
For the hungry men
Fix up a plate
For the hungry men
Place in the shade
For the hungry men
All for the hungry men[KATHERYN & VIVIAN]
Make a nice lemon cake
For the hungry men
Fix up a plate
For the hungry men
Wait till they’re
Properly fed and then:
Find a place in the shade
For the hungry men
And start it all over
To plan tomorrow
All for the hungry men[REV. CLARK, spoken]
And now, Dear Lord, we ask Thy blessing upon this food for its intended use and, if it be Thy will, let a big rain come to cool this parched and hungry earth.[LIZZIE]
I have so many things
I want to do for you
I have so many things
Saved up to say
I have so many longings
That belong to you
So, love, don’t turn away[FAMILIES]
Let the rain come

Let the rain come

Let the rain come

Let the rain come[WOMEN]
Fix a freezer of cream for the hungry men

[MEN]
Nice to have a day off

[ALL]
Amen