Walkin' to Birmingham Way down south in Dixie Oh, I that I would stop awhile Take a southern style
Got southern hospitality Down in a southern hospital Oh, all the signs welcome in Signed by Governor and Rin-Tin-Tin
They said come along and watch the While we feed our dogs on civil Now, get us wrong of our best Negroes are friends
Well I've seen many ways I've traveled in and old subways But in some people chose To fly down the street from a fire
Doin' some hard From hydrants of Well, a of dogs was standin' by I up to them and I said, "Hi"
I asked one dog what all were doin' He walked up to me and chewin' I said, "Hold it, I'm the A.S.P.C.A. Society for the Prevention of to Agitators"
And I said, "There must be men around There can't be you dogs in town" They said, sure, we old Bull Conner There he goes yonder
some raw meat to the Mayor Feedin' bones to the council You know Governor Wallace mean no harm Can't you see he's got a lot of
He protectin' us whites, both the and poor in the schoolhouse door Crackin' jokes, talkin' to Brinkley Servin' duty, gettin' re-elected
So, I asked them why spent their time With on their mind They said, "If you like 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 past their darkest Those moderates are in power Oh, they listen close open ears They'll us out in a couple of hundred years
But push 'em whatever you do Or else you'll get those back in You see, is a sovereign state With sovereign and sovereign hate
stand for the Bible and Constitution They against communist revolution They say "It's like you that freed the slaves" And right