My grandpappy was happy hillbilly A holler-raised, blue-collar, dollar-made man Tobacco stained smiler A shiner in the dark With a keep-it-real-heart and a common sense plan I loved how he said what he said sometimes Whenever he found me down With a laugh and that throwback Arkansas drawl That you get from my hick town, he'd say Rub a little country, rub a little country Rub a little country on it Yeah, like jaw chaw on a dang dirt dauber sting By God doggone it Yeah, rub a little country, rub a little country Rub a little country on it It's a bow on a fiddle It's whittling on hickory It's a homemade butter on cornbread thing Getting back down to earth Like a name on a shirt Don't forget where you're from If you know what I mean When that city ain't looking so green Rub a little country, rub a little country Rub a little country on it Yeah, like jaw chaw on a dang dirt dauber sting By God doggone it Yeah, rub a little country on it, aw yeah On that clean truck On some life sucks On that been there, done that, now what? On that done you wrong On that shortcut home On the radio before you turn it on Rub a little country, rub a little country Rub a little country on it Yeah, like jaw chaw on a dang dirt dauber sting By God doggone it Rub a little country, rub a little country Rub a little country on it, yeah