won t you come with me to alabamy let s go see my dear old mammy she s fryin eggs and boiling hammy that s what i like about the south now there you can make no mistakey where those nerves are never shaky ought to taste her layer cakey that s what i like about the south she s got baked ribs and candied yams those sugar cured virginia hams basement full of those berry jams an that s what i like about the south hot corn bread black eyed peas you can eat as much as you please cause it s never out of season that s what i like about the south aahhh don t take one have two there s dark brown and chocolate too suits me they must suit you cause that s what i like about the south well it s way way down where the cane grows tall down where they say y all walk on in with that southern drawl cause that s what i like about the south down where they have those pretty queens keep a dreamin those dreamy dreams well let s sip that absinthe in new orleans that s what i like about the south here come old bob with all the news got the boxback coat and the button shoes but he s all caught up with his union dues an that s what i like about the south here come old roy down the street ho can t you hear those tappin feet he would rather sleep than eat an that s what i like about the south now every time i pass your door you act like you don t want me no more why don t you shake that head and sigh and i ll go walkin right on by on on on and on and on honey when you tell me that you love me then how come you close your eyes did i tell you bout the place called doo wah diddy it ain t no town and it ain t no city it s just awful small but awful pretty that s doo wah diddy well i didn t come here to criticise i m not here to sympathise but don t tell me those no good lies cause a lying gal i do despise you love me like i love you send me fifty p d q roses are red and violets are pink if i don t get all fifty i don t think she s got backbones and butter beans ham hocks and turnip greens you and me and new orleans an that s what i like about the south
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