Lazy bones sleepin' in the sun How you 'spect to get your day's work done You never get your day's work done Sleepin' in the noon day sun
Lazy bones sleepin' in the shade How you 'spect to get your cornmeal made You never get no cornmeal made Sleepin' in that noon day shade
When taters need sprayin' I'll bet you keep prayin' The bugs fall off of the vine And when you go fishin' I'll bet you keep wishin' Them fish don't bite at your line
Yeah, lazy bones loafin' through the day How you 'spect to make a dime that way You'll never make no dime that way Well, I declare you never heard a word I say