de way you's carryin' on!
have been lef' out on de lawn!
de daddy were ne-glij-ible
de mama were de-flate-able
be mostly not ne-gate-able
because of dem fla-min-i-go's
be thoroughly perplexin' him
because of where yo' petuh goes
if only you been 'siderate
erbout dis lil' illiterate
i wouldna been trudgin' cross de san'
fum way down yonder in e-gyp-lan'
dey callin' me brown moses
fo' dat id sho'ly what i am
ancient an' re-lij-er-mus
solemn an' pres-tig-i-mus
'long wif summa dis baby pee
'minds me of dem river weeds
'n all dem ignint bible deeds
growed up in de pharoah place
lef' de sucker in disgrace!
some dem boys refuse to loin
somthin' smokin': somthin' boin!
somethin' borry: somethin' blue!
hear me when i's tellin' you: leavin' de midgit were
sho'ly one day he will grow
ol' brown moses now have spoke!
could ya lends me 'bout a dollar?