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