Remember when the AAA
Killed a million hogs a day?
Instead of hogs it's men today
Plow the fourth one under

[Chorus:]
Plow under!
Plow under!
Plow under
Ev'ry fourth American boy

They said our agricultural
System was about to fall
So from Washington they sent a call
Plow the fourth one under

[Chorus]
The price of cotton wouldn't rise
They said, "We've got to fertilize."
So now on us they turn their eyes
Plow the fourth one under

[Chorus]
They said our system wouldn't work
Until we killed the surplus off
So now they look at us and say
Plow the fourth one under
[Chorus]
Any ignorant mule does know
Better than to step on a cotton row
But there ain't no mules in Congress
So plow the fourth one under

[Chorus]
Now the politicians rant
A boy's no better than a cotton plant
But we are here to say you can't
Plow the fourth one under

[Final Chorus:]
Plow under
Don't you...plow under
Don't you...plow under
Every fourth American boy
Now, don't you...plow under
Don't you...plow under
Don't you...plow under
Every fourth American boy