Mama, Don't You Think I Know? - Papa Charlie Jackson, Ida Cox

Got a knock‑kneed mama: down in Tennessee

She’s short and squatty: she’s all right with me

Now knock‑kneed mama: what you going to cook tonight

Whatever you cook: just cook it right

You got a face like a washboard: and a mouth like a tub

Teach my mama: that washboard rub

Now some people say: chitlings are good to eat

I’ll never eat chitlings: long as hog got feet

Takes a long‑tailed monkey: a short‑tailed dog

To do that dance: they call the falling off the log

Now the monkey told the elephant: if he’s not drunk

I know you’re sober: you got the tail in front

Now the monkey told the elephant: you may be drinking

wine

You can’t switch your tail: like I switch mine