Well one thing big, what I wanna know When you cook me turnip green, mama b'for you go Cook me cabbage, or d'you cook me cabbage Well she cook me cabbage and you call them turnip green Well the people next door, wanna know what we're shouting about When this incomprehensible damn green, it knock everybody out Cook me cabbage, or d'you cook me cabbage Well she cook me cabbage and you call them turnip green She can cook damn cabbage, cook them without any meat
When this incomprehensible just melt, it got the policeman all be beat Cook me cabbage, or you cook me cabbage Well she cook me cabbage and you call them turnip green She cook them cabbage, incomprehensible them great neck bone to boot When she fix all that together, well you got a real dish or two Cook them cabbage, yes she cook me cabbage Well she cook me cabbage, and she call them turnip green