Springtime coming, and the grass all growin' green I said, springtime coming, and the grass all growin' green Says, my time has come, but the blues don't worry me There's so many women, there's so many different kinds There's so many women, seems like so many different kinds When one quit me, it sure don't worry my mind My mama give me a lock and my papa give me the key I say, my mama give me a lock and my papa give me the key Then I sure know how to lock the blues off o' me Got a brownskin woman, make a man leave his home I said, a brownskin woman will make a man leave his home Then a jet black woman make a gum tree bear pecans I got Northern women, I got Southern women too I got Northern women, I got southern women too I ain't gonna tell these Northern women what them Southern women can do