Said I ain't no preacher, I'm just a bachelor man Some of these days mama, you bound to understand Now set down gal, stop your crazy ways Got trouble in the land, you're going to need my help some day Now when I want it, I want it awful bad If I don't get it, you know it's going to make me mad Said I asked my mama, to not to be so rough She ain't the type, to keep on strutting her stuff Says I asked my baby, not to be so mean She acts like a woman, from down in New Orleans Now come on baby, stop this up and down Don't like to catch you, start to messing around