Well one thing big, what I wanna know
When you cook me turnip green, mama b'for you go
Cook me cabbage, or d'you cook me cabbage
Well she cook me cabbage and you call them turnip green

Well the people next door, wanna know what we're shouting about
When this incomprehensible damn green, it knock everybody out
Cook me cabbage, or d'you cook me cabbage
Well she cook me cabbage and you call them turnip green

She can cook damn cabbage, cook them without any meat
When this incomprehensible just melt, it got the policeman all be beat
Cook me cabbage, or you cook me cabbage
Well she cook me cabbage and you call them turnip green

She cook them cabbage, incomprehensible them great neck bone to boot
When she fix all that together, well you got a real dish or two
Cook them cabbage, yes she cook me cabbage
Well she cook me cabbage, and she call them turnip green