Here's a version similar to the one posted above by AG Wright:

GOOD OLD TURNIP GREENS
(as recorded by Bo Chatman)

When I was a little boy,
I always wanted to fly,
I flapped my wings like a seagull
And I flew up to the sky.
When I got up in Heaven,
I seen something I never have seen -
There was a lot of burly coons
Just a-scratchin' on the turnip greens.

     CHORUS
     He's a fool about his turnip greens
     Oh yes, indeed he are,
     Corn bread and buttermilk
     And the good old turnip greens.

Mister Spencer went to Chicago,
And I went to New Orleans,
I got mad and walked all the way back home,
Just to get my greasy turnip greens,
Oh the white man wears his broadcloth,
And the Indian he wears jeans,
But here comes the darkey with his over-alls on,
Just a-scratchin' on the turnip greens.

     CHORUS
     He's a fool about his turnip greens
     Oh yes, indeed he are,
     Corn bread and it's greasy
     And the good old turnip greens.

White man goes to the college
And the Negro to the fields,
The white man will learn to read and write,
And the Negro will learn to steal.
Oh the white folks in their parlors,
Just eatin' their cake and cream,
But the darkey's back in the kitchen,
Just a-scratchin on his turnip greens.

     CHORUS
     He's a fool about his turnip greens
     Oh yes, indeed he are,
     Corn bread and pepper sauce
     And the good old turnip greens.


Source: Songsters and Saints: Vocal Traditions on Race Records, by Paul Oliver, page 103
Also Yonder Come the Blues: The Evolution of a Genre, By Paul Oliver, Tony Russell, Robert M. W. Dixon, John Godrich, Howard Rye, page 106

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I found the exact same lyrics on Spotify on a Document Records album titled Bo Carter Vol 1. (1928-1931). Another source says Bo Carter the same as Armenter Chatman, so I'm supposing Bo Carter and Bo Chatman are the same person.