Cut The Cornbread Mama - The Osborne Brothers
Tuning: G, E A D G B E
Cut the Cornbread, Mama
The Osborne Brothers, 1968
[Verse 1]
I see an old g
reen car, comi
n’ around the
bend,
I hear the eng
ine purring an
d a-humming!
It’s some of o
ur neighbors,
and some of ou
r kin,
Cut the cornbr
ead, mama, com
pany’s comin’!
[Verse 2]
They’re gettin
g closer now,
gonna make the
hill,
I hear somebod
y singing and
a-strumming,
The one with t
he banjo is ou
r cousin Bill
Cut the cornbr
ead, mama, com
pany’s comin’!
[Chorus]
We’ll get cide
r from the cel
lar, and we’ll
have a bite t
o eat,
Then we’ll sin
g and dance an
d raise a litt
le Cain,
Then we’ll sit
—a spell and t
alk—a spell,
Talk about—if
its gonna rain
,
[Verse 3]
They’ve all be
en here before
, they’re comi
ng back again,
While the old
green car is s
till a-runnin’
No time to do
the chores or
get the milk c
ow in,
Cut the cornbr
ead, mama, com
pany’s comin’!
-BANJO BREAK-
[Chorus]
We’ll get cide
r from the cel
lar, and we’ll
have a bite t
o eat,
Then we’ll sin
g and dance an
d raise a litt
le Cain,
Then we’ll sit
—a spell and t
alk—a spell,
Talk about—if
its gonna rain
,
[Verse 4]
They’re coming
through the y
ard, what a si
ght to see,
They’ve got th
e chickens and
the geese a-r
unning
We all know wh
at a good time
– there’s gon
na be,
Cut the cornbr
ead, mama, com
pany’s comin’!
(one more time)
Cut the cornbr
ead, mama, com
pany’s comin’!