Lyrics:

Johnson boys was raised in the ashes,
Didn't know how to court a maid.
Turn their backs and hide their faces,
Sight of a pretty girl makes them afraid,
Sight of a pretty girl makes them afraid.

Johnson boys they come a-courtin'
The Coon Creek girls so pretty and sweet.
They couldn't make no conversation,
Didn't know where to put their feet,
Didn't know where to put their feet.

Johnson boys they went a-courtin'
Ridin' in a Chevrolet.
They come home broke and a-walkin',
They had no money for to pay their way,
They had no money for to pay their way.

Johnson boys eat peas and honey,
They have done it all of their life.
Make the peas taste mighty funny,
But it keeps them on the knife,
But it keeps them on the knife.

Johnson boys will never get married,
They'll live single all of their life.
They're too scared to pop the question,
There ain't no woman that'll be their wife,
There ain't no woman that'll be their wife.
Shame, shame on the Johnson boys.