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    HAM-BONE-IN

    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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    • 1 January 2011
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