Cornbread And Buttermilk Song Lyrics and Chords by Little Jimmy Dickens
Cornbread And Buttermilk
Recorded by Little Jimmy Dickens
Written by Roland Johnson and Earl Nunn
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When you was just a little boy remember how your ma
Just before suppertime how she
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laid down the
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law
You
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youngens wash behind your ears
Your dirty hands and then
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cornbread and
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buttermilk to
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grow you into
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men
Keep a-eatin' that cornbread and buttermilk
A country boy's delight
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eat it every
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mornin' I
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eat it noon and
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night
Some
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people like fried chicken while others like their ham
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cornbread and
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buttermilk
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made me what I
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am
Misery in the stomach dyspepsia or the gout
Cornbread and buttermilk is
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sure to help you
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out
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my advice to you all is to eat it all the time
Cause
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cornbread and
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buttermilk will
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keep you feelin'
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fine
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I went to see my girl one night she sat me down to dine
On food I'd never heard of like
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caviar and
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wine
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got up from the table as hungry as could be
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slipped off to the
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kitchen and
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that's where she found
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I'm eatin' that cornbread and buttermilk
A country boy's delight
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eat it every
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mornin' I
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eat it noon and
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night
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people like fried chicken while others like their ham
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cornbread and
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buttermilk
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made me what I
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Cornbread And Buttermilk?
- The song Cornbread And Buttermilk was sang by Little Jimmy Dickens.
Who is Little Jimmy Dickens?
- James Cecil Dickens (December 19, 1920 - January 2, 2015), better known by his stage name Little Jimmy Dickens, was an American country music singer and songwriter famous for his humorous novelty songs, his small size (4'11" [150 cm]), and his rhinestone-studded outfits, in which he is given credit for introducing into country music live performances). He started as a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1948 and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1983. Before his death he was the oldest living member of the Grand Ole Opry.
