Now, now boys, say you ain’t acting fair You know by that you got real bad hair Your face is all hid, now your back’s all bare If you ain’t doing the bobo, what’s your head doing down there? You’s a dirty mistreater, robber and a cheater Slip you in the dozen, now your papa is your cousin And your mama do the lordy-lord Now, your little sister, why she asked me to kiss her I told her to wait until she got a little bigger She got a little bigger, said now I did kiss her You know by that, boy, I did miss her Now she’s a dirty mistreater, robber and a cheater Slip you in the dozen, and your papa is your cousin Your mama do the lordy-lord Now the first three months said she did very well Next three months she began to raise a little hell Next three months said she got real rough You know by that, that she was strutting her stuff Now you’s a dirty mistreater, robber and a cheater Slip you in the dozen, now your papa is your cousin And your mama do the lordy-lord Now I like your mama, but she wouldn’t do this I hit her cross the head with my great big fist The clock’s on the shelf going tick tick tick Your mama’s out on the street doing I don’t know which Four, five, six, seven, eight, nine and ten I like your mama but she got too many men Ashes to ashes, now it’s sand to sand Every time I see her, she’s got a brand new man Now she’s a dirty mistreater, robber and a cheater Slip you in the dozen, now your papa is your cousin And your mama do the lordy-lord