Taken down from a tape made at a folk festival this year; chorus after every verse.

JUST A BOWL OF BUTTER BEANS

CHO: Just a bowl of butter beans,
Pass the cornbread if you please.
I don' wan' no collard greens. Oh, my no.
I just want a great big bowl o' butter beans.

1
Just a slice o' country ham,
Fried potatoes, strawberry jam.
I'm afraid I might bust my jeans. Yes, I might.
If I eat another bowl o' them butter beans.

2
See that big fat ugly lad.
He's made everybody mad.
They don't love him by any means. Oh, my no.
'Cause he ate the last o' the butter beans.

3
See that pretty girl over there.
She got ruby lips & shiny hair.
She's not expecting as it seems. Oh, my no.
She just had a great big bowl o' them butter beans

4
Well, I guess you heard ol' jack is dead.
He froze to death in his own bed.
The covers kept flyin' off, it seems. Yes, they did.
He'd just had a great big bowl o' them butter beans.

5
Well, the energy crisis has been solved at last.
Everybody's gonna heat usin' natural gas.
We'll capture that gas, boil that steam. Yes, we will.
Man's greatest discovery is that little ol' butter bean.