(instrumental & sax) I'm goin' back south In New Orleans Get myself some a-them Cabbage greens Ooh, them greens Yes, them greens Oh, them greens They call them, cabbage greens I like my cabbage Like a horse likes grass 'Cause they Is right in my class Ooh, them greens Yes, them greens Oh, them greens They call them, cabbage greens 'Beat it out, boy' (instrumental & sax) 'I love my cabbage' Give me cabbage For my dinner Cabbage, for my desert Oh, when I don't get my cabbage Boy, how it hurt! Ooh, them greens Yes, them greens Oh, them greens They call them, cabbage greens (sax & instrumental) My wife woke up at night Hurts me in the side Says, 'Get up here, daddy I've got yo' cabbage, fried' Ooh, them greens Yes, them greens Oh, them greens They call them, cabbage greens When you give me greens An don't give me no meat Woman, you know that's one thing Knock me off my feet Ooh, them greens Yes, them greens Oh, them greens They call them, cabbage greens (instrumental to end) ~