That's What I Like About The South - Jimmy Rushing

Won’t you come with me to Alabamy?

Let’s go see my dear old Mammy

She’s fryin' eggs and boiling hammy

That’s what I like about the South

Now there you can make no mistakey

Where those nerves are never shaky

Ought to taste her layer cakey

That’s what I like about the South

She’s got baked ribs and candied yams

Those sugar-cured Virginia hams

Basement full of those berry jams

An' that’s what I like about the South

Hot corn bread, black eyed peas

You can eat as much as you please

'Cause it’s never out of season

That’s what I like about the South

Ah, don’t take one, have two

There’s dark brown and chocolate too

Suits me, they must suit you

'Cause that’s what I like about the South

Well it’s way, way down where the cane grows tall

Down where they say, «Y'all»

Walk on in with that Southern drawl

'Cause that’s what I like about the South

Down where they have those pretty queens

Keep a-dreamin' those dreamy dreams

Well let’s sip that absinthe in New Orleans

That’s what I like about the South

Here comes that man with all the news

Box back coat with button shoes

All paid up with his union dues

And that’s what I like about the South

Now there’s a place down south called Dowadiddy

It ain’t no jive and it ain’t no city

It’s awful small, but it sure is pretty

That’s Dowadiddy

Here come old Roy down the street

Ho, can’t you hear those tappin' feet

He would rather sleep than eat

An' that’s what I like about the South

Now every time I pass your door

You act like you don’t want me no more

Why don’t you shake that head and sigh

And I’ll go truckin' right on by

Well, I didn’t come here to criticize

I’m not here to sympathize

But don’t tell me those no-good lies

That a lyin' gal like you can devise

If you love me like I love you

Send me fifty P-D-Q

Roses are red and violets are pink

If I don’t get all fifty, I don’t show

She’s got backbones and turnip greens

Ham hocks and butter beans

You, me and New Orleans

An' that’s what I like about the South