Walkin' down to Way south in Dixie Land Oh, I thought that I would awhile Take a southern style
Got some southern Down there in a southern Oh, all the signs said in Signed by Wallace and Rin-Tin-Tin
They said come and watch the fights While we feed our dogs on rights Now, don't get us Some of our best Negroes are
Well I've seen many ways I've traveled in and old subways But in Birmingham some people To fly down the street from a fire
Doin' some hard hydrants of plenty Well, a of dogs was standin' by I walked up to and I said, "Hi"
I one dog what they all were doin' He walked up to me and started I said, "Hold it, I'm the A.S.P.C.A. Society for the Prevention of to Agitators"
And I said, "There be some men around There can't be you dogs in town" They said, sure, we have old Bull he goes walkin' yonder
Throwin' some raw meat to the Feedin' bones to the council You Governor Wallace doesn't mean no harm Can't you see got a lot of charm?
He protectin' us whites, both the and poor Standin' in the door Crackin' jokes, talkin' to Brinkley Servin' duty, gettin' re-elected
So, I asked them why they spent time With segregation on mind They said, "If you don't to live this way Get out of here, go to the U.S.A with all them Russians and New York folksingers"
Some say they're their darkest hour Those moderates are back in Oh, they listen close with ears They'll help us out in a of hundred years
But don't 'em whatever you do Or else you'll get extremists back in You see, is a sovereign state sovereign dogs and sovereign hate
They stand for the and Constitution They stand against revolution They say "It's Pinkoes like you that the slaves" And right