Apples dipped in candy

Sweet potato eye

One is for your belly

The other's for your mind



Day off on Sunday

When the rent is not behind

Well, that's the way it goes



Day's in Mississippi

Movin' mighty slow

Like that old blackbird

Standing by the road



Able wind at times get rough

To just pick up and go

Further on down the line



Hey rich man, poor man

Beggar or thief

First one gets you down the road

Next one gets you grief



Last one gets you night and days

Of cotton pickin' peas

On the Captain's farm



Apples dipped in candy

Sweet potato eye

One is for your belly

The other's for your mind



Day off on Sunday

When the rent is not behind

Well, that's the way it goes



Apples dipped in candy

Sweet potato eye

That's the way it goes

Sweet potato eye

My love