Sayin', what a time, what a time What a time, what a time What a time, talkin' with angels What a time Sayin', what a time What a time What a time, talkin' with angels What a time There tain't no need of me workin' hard I got a girl in the white folks' yard Brings me chicken and she brings me pie I get some of everything the white folks buy Ain't that a time, what a time Oh, what a time, what a time What a time, talkin' with angels What a time Sayin', what a time What a time What a time, talkin' with angels What a time Tain't no need of me workin' hard I had another girl in the white folks' yard Bring me chicken and she bring me ham If she don't bring nothin', I don't give a Oh, what a time, what a time What a time, what a time What a time, talkin' with angels What a time Sayin', what a time What a time What a time, talkin' with angels What a time I crawled in the henhouse on my knees Thought I heard a Shanghai sneeze Wasn't but a rooster sayin' his prayers Givin' out hymns to the hens upstairs Ain't that a time, what a time Oh, what a time, what a time What a time, talkin' with angels What a time Sayin', what a time What a time What a time, talkin' with angels What a time There stand a man, right over there With a blue coat on and looks pretty fair Got his collar all 'round his th'oat I said he smells like a billy goat Ain't that a time, ain't it a time Oh, what a time, what a time What a time, talkin' with angels What a time Sayin', what a time What a time What a time, talkin' with angels What a time Me and my girl had a falling out Goin' to tell you what the fuss was about That's the truth and it's a natural fact She wanted me to work on the railroad tracks Wasn't that a time, what a time What a time, what a time What a time, talkin' with angels What a time Sayin', what a time What a time What a time, talkin' with angels What a time I went down the cellar, t' get a glass of cider There was a bedbug, playin' with a spider Spider and the bedbug got in a tussle Spider kicked the stuffin' out of the bedbug's bustle Ain't that a time Oh, what a time Oh, what a time, talkin' with angels What a time