"Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man" is a song written by Kostas and recorded by American country music singer Travis Tritt.
"Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man" is a moderate up-tempo whose lyrics centralize on a theme of economic injustice towards blue collar workers.
The instrumentation features various forms of percussion from Sam Bacco, including crotales, wobble board, spoons and a broom.
[1] Richard Bennett and Wendell Cox play guitar solos before the third verse,[1] and Brooks & Dunn, T. Graham Brown, George Jones, Little Texas, Dana McVicker, Tanya Tucker and Porter Wagoner all sing background vocals on the final chorus.
"[5] Alanna Nash of Entertainment Weekly said of the song, "Tritt finds a solid image for his laborer's lament[…]But the melody is so slight that he resorts to an acoustic arrangement that evokes Jimmie Rodgers and the young Roy Acuff.