Junkyard dogs and campus queens
That's how we fix butterbeans
Pass me plate full, I'll be grateful
1, 2, 3, 4
But I want you to show me the person
Some people are fat
That's how we fix butterbeans
You won't get very far
But if you want to please little old me
Gramps and grannies
What's that?
Yeah, everybody likes butterbeans
Don't you wait, don't you linger
Pick 'em, hull 'em, put on the steam
You can have your collard greens
Butterbean grows on the vine
Pick 'em, hull 'em, put on the steam
That's how we fix butterbeans
Pick 'em, hull 'em, put on the steam
Butterbean, butterbean
That's how we fix butterbeans
Who doesn't like butterbeans
Pick 'em, hull 'em, put on the steam
Kids in their teens
(Hot, hot, hot, hot)
Pass me plate full, I'll be grateful
Before you hear people shoutin' out
(Fix 'em hot, hot, hot)
Pick 'em, hull 'em, put on the steam
1, 2, 3, 4
Butterbean don't slip through my fingers
Don't you wait, don't you linger
You better fix butterbeans
(Fix 'em hot, hot, hot)
Well, you can have your yams
That's how we fix butterbeans
Come here you little butterbean you, come on
Some people are lean
Butterbean don't slip through my fingers
Butterbean, yeah
(Yeah, make 'em jump outta the pot)
That's how we fix butterbeans
Butterbean, butterbean
(Yeah, make 'em jump outta the pot)
Pick 'em, hull 'em, put on the steam
