HOMER & JETHRO STYLE...


MAMA DON'T WHIP LITTLE BUFORD
As recorded Homer & Jethro on "Fractured Folk Songs" (1964)

Mama Don't Whup Little Buford
Mama don't pound on his head
Mama Don't Whup Little Buford
I think you should shoot him instead

Buford brought home his report card
Buford was proud as could be
At last he had passed to the 3rd grade
And Buford is just twenty-three

Mama Don't Whup Little Buford
Mama you'll [jist] be a wreck
[Fer] Buford is studying Judo
And he'll break your scrawny old neck

When Buford was five, he was smokin'
And drinkin' hard liquor at six
At seven he learned about women
At eight Buford got his first fix

Mama Don't Whup Little Buford
You'll never know how Buford feels
Buford is good to you mama
He brings you whatever he steals

Now Buford is gone, what a pity
At last we've found happiness
We bought a new home in the city
And we won't give him our address

So, Mama Don't Whup Little Buford
Mama don't knock out his breath
Just teach him to be a folk singer
Then Buford will soon starve to death


To the tune of:
Beautiful, Beautiful Brown Eyes

SOURCE:
HOMER & JETHRO/FRACTURED FOLK SONGS
1966 RCA Corporation LSP 3474(e)