Dont Go Reaching Across My Plate

If one thing in this world
I just cant stand
Is bein at the table wit an ill-mannered man
Now, if hes sittin on your left
Before you could eat a bite
Hell reach across your plate
An you know that aint right
Now I like to eat, as well as any man
But theres some rules, a fool should understand
When ya have one little helpin
An one extra piece of cake
I tell evrybody, dont go reachin across my plate
I was at a party last night, at over
Big Murray
Cat reached cross my plate
Got a coat sleeve in my gravy
I didnt say a word, just looked him dead in the eye
He reached across my plate, an cut him a piece a pie
Now I dont care if he did it for a prank
I dont care, if you had a drink
Especially when
Im out, a-with my date
Now dont you go reachin across my plate
At a party last week , there was some high-class folks
Evrything on the table, an that aint no joke
They had barbecue possum, rattlesnake gravy
Chicken fried skunk, an it smelt real crazy
Evrything went fine, but one thing made me blue
A cat reached across my plate, for some armadillo3 stew
Now when you at the table, you act real nice
You say, 'pass me that' or 'pass me the platter'
But just because you hungry, an happen to come in late
Dont you go reachin, across
MY plate'Pass some a-that turkey over there, baby!''No, dont give me none of thatskunk, I dont want none a-that''I, I beg your pardon''If this cat stop reachin cross my plate, I can maybe ask for somethin''A pass me a little a-that turkey there, baby'
Na na na na-na-na-na
Yeah-heya'Party nice, partys nice''Yeah, ah give gimme some a that chicken over there, baby''Chicken fried skunk? 'ah no'