Southern Can Is Mine
 

Now look here mama : let me tell you this
Now if you wants to get crooked : I'm going to give you my fist

You might read from Revelation : back to Genesee
You get crooked : your southern can belong to me

If you go uptown : have me arrested and have me put in jail
Some hot‑shot got money : come in and go my bail

Soon as I get out : kiss the ground
Your southern can : worth two dollar half a pound

You might take it from the South : you might carry it up north
But understand you can't rule : and either be my boss

Take it from the east : hide it in the west
When I get it mama : your can will see no rest

Well ashes to ashes mama : and sand to sand
Every time I hit you : you think I got a dozen hands

Hit you first : through that barbed wire fence
Every time I hit you : you say I got no sense

Get me a brick : out of my back yard
Give you the devil : if you act kind of hard

Now if I catch you mama : down in the heart of town
Take me a brand new brick : and tear your can on down

You may be deathbed sick : and mama and graveyard bound
Make your can : moan like a hound

Sit here and study : with your eyes all red
What I said : kicked your grandma dead

Oh you got to stop your balking : and raising the deuce
I'll grab you mama : and turn you every way but loose

You might twiggle like a tadpole : let it jump like a frog
But every time I hit it : you going to holler God dog