Oh the day the well went dry

I was caught with soap in my eye

Soap in my eye made me cry

The day the well went dry

No more water down in the well

Who do we know who can we tell

Where will we tell them

Say oh my the day the well went dry

'Cause there's no more water down

No more water down

No more water down in the well

Honey forget the pail

Water witcher came today

Said water was three hundred feet away

Driller said a foot costs nine

What a price to pay

So I hooked up a hose to my neighbor's yard

Said we could take all the water we need

'Til we get our new well dug

Just bein' neighborly

'Cause there's no more water down

No more water down

No more water down in the well

Honey forget the pail

Everybody's tryin' to cheer me up

Even gave me a bottle of rye

Bottle of rye mud in your eye

I ain't got the mud 'cause my well is dry

My poor well is dry as a bone

Its heyday has come and gone

Come and gone me oh my

The day the well went dry

'Cause there's no more water down

No more water down

No more water down in the well

Honey forget the pail