Butter Beans

To the tune, “Just a Closer Walk With Thee”

Just a bowl of butter beans
Pass the cornbread if you please
I don’t want no turnip greens
Just a bowl of [Mama’s, Fowler’s, JC’s] butter beans

Ham and gravy is all right
Turkey sandwich a delight
All the children shout and scream
For a bowl of [Mama’s] butter beans

When I’m dead and laid to rest
Plant no roses on my chest
Just a row of evergreens
And a bowl of [Mama’s] butter beans