HAM-BONE HAM-BONE
HAVE YA HEARD!
momma gonna buy us a mockingbird
now if dat mockingbird don't sing
check his wife pocketbook
fo' his ding-a-ling
HAM-BONE HAM-BONE
DO WHATCHA WILL
but please don't tell Sister Jill
matter of fact
slip her and momma
somma dem sleepin pills
den we climb out da windowsill
HAM-BONE HAM-BONE
WHERE YA AT?
check out Uncle June-ya's Caddy-Lack
dat don't look like Auntie Fan
sittin in the passenger seat
of Unc's Bro-Ham
HAM-BONE HAM-BONE
YOU HEAR BOUT BEAN?
worse-test fight I eva seen
BEANS AND CRONBREAD HAD A FIGHT
BEANS KNOCKED CORNBREAD OUTTA SIGHT!
HAM-BONE HAM-BONE
WHERE YA BEEN?
gotta be back home by a quarter to ten
gotta walk momma to church
the car won't start
when the preacher finish preachin
let out wanna dem Soul Food Farts
HAM-BONE HAM-BONE
LET'S GO DOWN TO THE WHISKEY STILL
please don't be tellin Sister Jill
matter of fact
slip her and momma somma dem Percocet's
dem sleepin pills ain't takin hold yet
HAM-BONE HAM-BONE
HEARD A NEW GAL IN TOWN IS MIGHTY FINE
gonna buy her a chicken dinner
and a jar of moonshine
and if on po' folk food she don't dine
well, she can kiss my Black behind
HAM-BONE HAM-BONE
WHERE YOU BEEN?
back round da corner
now you back again
dey havin a party to pay Ray-lene's rent
I ain't got but a dollar and 50 cent
HAM-BONE HAM-BONE
KNOW YOU HOME
how bout givin yo Bro a tiny loan
you neva got no money
man, I'm tired of yo sass
I'm gonna kick all the bark
offa yo Black A--S!
Beans and Cornbread
songwriters-F.Clark and F. Moore
performed by Louis Jordan and the Tympany 5

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