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 ah 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 comes that man with all the news box back coat with button shoes all paid up with his union dues and that s what i like about the south now there s a place down south called dowadiddy it ain t no jive and it ain t no city it s awful small but it sure is pretty that s dowadiddy 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 truckin right on by well i didn t come here to criticize i m not here to sympathize but don t tell me those no good lies that a lyin gal like you can devise if 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 show she s got backbones and turnip greens ham hocks and butter beans you me and new orleans an that s what i like about the south