Yeah, if you go down to Athens, G-A
And youre driving in your car
You wont get very far before
You hear people shoutin out!
Whats that?
Butterbean! Yeah!
Gramps and grannies
Kids in their teens
Junkyard dogs and campus queens
Yeah, everybody likes butterbeans
Dont you wait, dont you linger
Butterbean dont slip through my fingers
Pass me plate full, Ill be grateful
1-2-3-4
Pick em, hull em, put on the steam
Thats how we fix butterbeans
Fix em hot hot hot
Yeah, make em jump outta the pot
Come here you little butterbean you come on!
Butterbean-butterbean
Butterbean-butterbean
Butterbean-butterbean
Butterbean-butterbean
Butterbean grows on the vine
Some people are fat, some people are lean
But I want you to show me the person
Who doesnt like butterbeans
Yay!
Well, you can have your yams
You can have your collard greens
But if you want to please little ol me
You better fix butterbeans
Dont you wait, dont you linger
Butterbean dont slip through my fingers
Pick em, hull em, put on the steam
Thats how we fix butterbeans
Fix em hot hot hot
Yeah, make em jump outta the pot
Fix em for me now