Music Video
Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five ~ Beans and Cornbread (1949)
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Fred Clark
Songwriter
Fleecy Moore
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Milt Gabler
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
(Beans and cornbread)
(Beans and cornbread)
(Beans and cornbread)
[Verse 2]
Beans and cornbread had a fight (Beans)
Beans knocked cornbread out of sight (Beans)
Cornbread said, now that's alright (Beans)
Meet me on the corner tomorrow night
[Verse 3]
I'll be ready, I'll be ready tomorrow night
I'll be ready, I'll be ready tomorrow night
I'll be ready, I'll be ready tomorrow night
That's what beans said to cornbread
I'll be ready tomorrow night
[Verse 4]
Beans told cornbread, you ain't straight (Beans)
You better wake up or I'll gash your gate (Beans)
Been in this pot since half past 2 (Beans)
Swelling and puffing and almost due
[Verse 5]
I'll be ready, I'll be ready tomorrow night
That's what beans told cornbread
Always getting mad at me, I ain't mad at you
I'll be ready tomorrow night
I'll be ready
[Verse 6]
Beans grabbed cornbread by the toe (Beans)
Beans said, cornbread, let me go (Beans)
Cornbread said, I'll lay you low (Beans)
I'm gonna fight you so and so
[Verse 7]
Meet me on the corner
Meet me on the corner tomorrow night
That's what beans said to cornbread
You're so bad you're always willing to fight
Meet me on the corner tomorrow night
And I'm gonna beat the Devil outta you (Whoo)
On the corner tomorrow night
[Verse 8]
Beans hit cornbread on the head (Beans)
Cornbread said, I'm almost dead (Beans)
Beans told cornbread, get up, man (Beans)
You know that we go hand in hand
[Verse 9]
Beans and cornbread
Beans and cornbread hand in hand
That's what beans said to cornbread
We should stick together hand in hand
We should hang out together like weiners and sauerkraut
We should stick together like hot dogs and mustard
We should get up every morning
And hang out together like sisters and brothers (Yeah)
Every Saturday night we should hang out like chitlins and potato salad (Yeah)
Like strawberry and shortcake (Yeah)
Like corned beef and cabbage (Yeah)
Like liver and onions (Yeah)
Like red beans and rice (Yeah)
Like bagel and lox (Yeah)
Like sour cream and biscuit (Yeah)
Like bread and butter (Yeah)
Like hot cakes and molasses (Yeah)
[Verse 10]
Beans told cornbread
It makes no difference what you think about me (Yeah)
But it makes a whole lot difference what I think about you (Yeah)
We should hang out together like hot cakes and molasses (Yeah)
That's what beans said to cornbread
'Cause beans and cornbread
They go hand in hand
Written by: Fleecy Moore, Fred Clark
