Yeah, if you go down to athens, g-a
 And you're driving in your car
 You won't get very far before
 You hear people shoutin' out!
 What's that?
 Butterbean! yeah!
 Gramps and grannies
 Kids in their teens
 Junkyard dogs and campus queens
 Yeah, everybody likes butterbeans
 
 Don't you wait, don't you linger
 Butterbean don't slip through my fingers
 
 Pass me plate full, i'll be grateful
 1-2-3-4
 Pick 'em, hull 'em, put on the steam
 That's how we fix butterbeans
 (fix 'em hot hot hot)
 (yeah, make 'em jump outta the pot)
 
 Come here you little butterbean you come on!
 Butterbean-butterbean
 Butterbean-butterbean
 Butterbean-butterbean
 Butterbean-butterbean
 Butterbean grows on the vine
 
 Some people are fat, some people are lean
 But i want you to show me the person
 Who doesn't like butterbeans
 Yay!
 
 Well, you can have your yams
 You can have your collard greens
 But if you want to please little ol' me
 You better fix butterbeans
 
 Don't you wait, don't you linger
 Butterbean don't slip through my fingers
 
 Pick 'em, hull 'em, put on the steam
 That's how we fix butterbeans
 (fix 'em hot hot hot)
 (yeah, make 'em jump outta the pot)
 Fix 'em for me now