Yazoo Street Scandal

Stranded out in the night,

Eliza took me down

To see the widow give

Rain to the town.

It's against the law

To be a tonic man,

But the widow knows

She's got the upper hand.

So I went on in

Feelin' kinda wheezy.

You know she soothed my mind, boys,

She rocked me kinda slow and easy

All day and all night.



Pick a card before you go

It's a long trip to Mexico.



Eliza wait by the door,

I can't stay here anymore, no, no.



Then she took a pill

She washed her feet in the mud

She said "Look out son,

You know, I just ordered a flood

For forty days and forty nights".



Then I dropped my shoes,

Eliza called my name.

She said it looked to her

Like it's gonna rain.

Then the cotton king

Came in chokin'

And the widow laughed and said:

"I ain't jokin'.

Take once for all"

She said "Now don't ya tease me.

I just fell in love, boy,

So rock me kinda slow and kinda easy,

All day and all night."



Sweet William said

With a drunken head:

"If I had a boat,

I'd help y'all float".

Eliza stood there watching,

William in a trance,

As the widow did the St. Vitus dance.

But just then an old man

With a boat named "Breezy"

Said: "You can ride with Clyde, boys,

If you rock it kinda slow and easy,

All day and all night".