get arrested for trouble you got to call the hound dog
 Oh uh, down in Mississippi, whoa yeah, where the cotton grow tall
 Yes, and on the other hand, baby, boll weevil wearing overalls

 Go to work in the morning, you know, 'bout 4 o'clock
 Uh, if the mule don't holler, yeah, I don't know when to stop
 Down in Mississippi, baby, uh whoa yeah, where the cotton grow tall
 Well, and on the other hand, baby, boll weevil wearing overalls

 I go to church in the morning, baby, you know, down the railroad track
 Late over in the evening they bring, bring the preacher back
 He eat up all the chicken now but uh right to the neck
 Look over at my baby and he eat up all the rest 'cause he was uh down in Mississippi
 Uh oh yeah, where the cotton grow tall
 Well now, and on the other hand, baby, boll weevil wearing overalls