Coon On the Moon

When I was a little boy

Stayed way down south

Had to wear second-handed clothes

Live out back-a the big house

Things have changed

Yes, we on the moon, now

They wouldn't let us play together

Now, we could go to most an school, now

We used to pick the cotton

Til we got too old

Tell me, who was the first man

Ta go to the North Pole?

Things have changed

Yes, we on the moon, now

We used to wear boots everyday

Now we wearin' bran' new shoes

We plowed the mule

That lived out back-a the hut

Tell me who was the first man

Made oil out of a peanut?

Things have changed

Oh, we on the moon, now

They used to wouldn't let us play together

Now, we can go to most any school, now

You know they call us, 'coon'

Say we didn't have no sense

You gon' wake up one mornin'

An the ol' coon will be the president

Things have changed

Oh, we on the moon, now

You gon' wake up one mornin'

An' it'll be a coon a-sittin' on the moon