Walkin' to Birmingham Way south in Dixie Land Oh, I thought that I would awhile Take a southern style
Got some hospitality Down there in a hospital Oh, all the signs welcome in Signed by Wallace and Rin-Tin-Tin
They said come along and watch the While we feed our dogs on rights Now, get us wrong of our best Negroes are friends
Well seen travelin' many ways I've traveled in and old subways But in Birmingham people chose To fly the street from a fire hose
Doin' hard travelin' From of plenty Well, a pack of dogs was by I up to them and I said, "Hi"
I asked one dog what they all were 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 must be some men There be only you dogs in town" They said, sure, we have old Conner There he goes walkin'
Throwin' some raw to the Mayor Feedin' bones to the council You Governor Wallace doesn't mean no harm Can't you see got a lot of charm?
He us whites, both the rich and poor in the schoolhouse door Crackin' jokes, talkin' to Huntley jury duty, gettin' re-elected
So, I them why they spent their time segregation on their mind They said, "If you like to live this way Get out of here, go to the U.S.A Live all them Russians and New York folksingers"
Some say they're past their darkest Those are back in power Oh, they listen with open ears They'll us out in a couple of hundred years
But push 'em whatever you do Or else you'll get those extremists in You see, Alabama is a sovereign With sovereign dogs and hate
They stand for the Bible and stand against communist revolution They say "It's Pinkoes you that freed the slaves" And they're