chorus you better pick poor robin clean pick poor robin clean i picked his head i picked his feet i picked his body but it wasn t fit to eat you d better pick poor robin clean pick poor robin clean but i ll be satisfied having your family get off my money and don t get funny cos i m a nigger don t cut no figure gamblin for sadie she is my lady i m a hustlin coon that s just what i am chorus well didn t that jaybird laugh when he picked poor robin clean picked poor robin clean poor robin clean didn t that jaybird laugh when he picked poor robin clean well i ll be satisfied having your family chorus well if you have that girl of mine gonna have your ma your sister too your auntie three if your great grandmammy do the shivaree i m gonna have em all i ll be satisfied having the family chorus text from the book o well they picked poor robin clean o well they picked poor robin clean well they tied poor robin to a stump lawd they picked all the feathers round from robins rump well they picked poor robin clean 1