Banty Rooster Blues

I'm gonna buy me a banty, put him at my backdoor
So when he see a stranger a-comin', he'll flap his wings and crow

What you want with a rooster? He won't crow 'fore day
What you want with a man, when he won't do nothin' he say?

What you want with a hen? Won't cackle when she lays
What you want with a woman when she won't do nothin' I say?

Ah, take my picture, hang it up in Jackson wall
Anybody asks you: What about it? Tell 'em: That's all I saw

My hook's in the water, and my cork's on top
How can I lose, Lord, with the help I got

I know my dog anywhere I hear him bark
I can tell my rider if I feel her in the dark