Molasses girl, a buttercup, brown and pearl
Your dirt road should be paved with gold
But the country folks just don't know

Molasses girl, the city street can't stand your heat
Your collard greens and your chicken grease
And the city suits do love you so

Now if the boys on Lexington Avenue knew how big your daddy was
And what he could do
They'd sure 'nuff run from his big shotgun
They'd take their shiny white heinies back to mamma's house

Molasses girl, you're a little slow for the big world
You're stopping clocks and crashing stocks
And the country done come to town
And they're laying all that city green down

Now if ya wanna take old Manhattan by storm
I hear it gets cold up there, ya better dress warm
The New York boys 'bout as wild as they get
They'll send my brown-skin baby back to Lafayette

Molasses girl, a buttercup, brown and pearl
Your dirt road should be paved with gold
But the country folks just don't know
The city suits do love you so