He's a go-getter go-getter   When his wife gets off from work well he'll go get her      Now I've got a neighbor that lives down the road away   His wife holds down a steady job he don't turn his hand all day   I know that most of you will know the kind I'm talkin' about   The kind that rather than have to work he'd rather do without   But he's a go-getter...   [ fiddle ]   There's a group of men in the courthouse yard anytime that you go by   A playin' checkers and tradin' knives and makin' jokes about their wives   Well they'll wait all week for payday and hope that money's plenty   But the wife that worked those long hard hours never gets a penny   But he's a go-getter...   When his wife gets off from work well he'll go get her