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?
   Buterbean! 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