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If one thing in this world |
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I just can't stand |
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Is bein' at the table wit' an ill-mannered man |
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Now, if he's sittin' on your left |
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Before you could eat a bite |
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He'll reach across your plate |
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An' you know that ain't right |
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Now I like to eat, as well as any man |
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But there's some rules, a fool should understand |
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When ya have one little helpin' |
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An' one extra piece of cake |
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I tell ev'rybody, don't go reachin' across my plate |
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I was at a party last night, at over |
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Big Murray |
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Cat reached 'cross my plate |
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Got a coat sleeve in my gravy |
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I didn't say a word, just looked him dead in the eye |
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He reached across my plate, an' cut him a piece a pie |
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Now I don't care if he did it for a prank |
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I don't care, if you had a drink |
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Especially when |
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I'm out, a-with my date |
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Now don't you go reachin' across my plate |
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At a party last week, there was some high-class folks |
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Ev'rything on the table, an' that ain't no joke |
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They had barbecue possum, rattlesnake gravy |
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Chicken fried skunk, an' it smelt real crazy |
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Ev'rything went fine, but one thing made me blue |
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A cat reached across my plate, for some armadillo3 stew |
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Now when you at the table, you act real nice |
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You say, "pass me that" or "pass me the platter" |
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But just because you hungry, an' happen to come in late |
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Don't you go reachin', across |
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MY plate"Pass some a-that turkey over there, baby!""No, don't give me none of that skunk, I don't want none a-that""I, I beg your pardon""If this cat stop reachin' 'cross my plate, I can maybe ask for somethin'""A pass me a little a-that turkey there, baby" |
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Na na na na-na-na-na |
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Yeah-heya"Party' nice, party's nice""Yeah, ah give gimme some a that chicken over there, baby""Chicken fried skunk? "ah no" |
