walkin down to birmingham way down south in dixieland well i thought that i would stop a while take a vacation southern style got some southern hospitality down there in a southern hospital well all the signs said welcome in signed by governor wallace and rin tin tin they said come along and watch the fights while we feed our dogs on civil rights now don t get us wrong some of our best negroes are friends well i ve seen travel in many ways i ve traveled in cars and old subways but in birmingham some people chose to fly down the street from a fire hose doin some hard travelin from hydrants of plenty well a pack of dogs was standin by i walked up to them and i said hi i asked one dog what they all were doin he walked up to me and started chewin i said hold it i m from the a s p c a society for prevention of cruelty to agitators  and i said there must be some men around there can t be only you dogs in town they said sure we have old bull conner there he goes walkin yonder throwin some raw meat to the mayor feedin bones to the city council you know governor wallace doesn t mean no harm can t you see he s got a lotta charm he s protecting us whites both rich and poor standin in the schoolhouse door crackin jokes talkin to huntley brinkley serving jury duty gettin re elected so i asked em why they spent their time with segregation on their mind they said if you don t like to live this way get outta here go back to the u s a live with all them russians new york folksingers some say they ve passed their darkest hour those moderates are back in power oh they listen close with open ears they ll help us out in a couple of hundred years but don t push em whatever you do or else you get those extremists back in you see alabama is a sovereign state with sovereign dogs and sovereign hate they stand for the bible for the constitution they stand against communist revolution they say it s pinkos like you that freed the slaves and they re right