At the end of the road Where the cotton would grow A snake stopped to climb up in a tree For a moment he heard His momma's final words Said son leave that old crow be The snakes all know To fear the mean old crow And never follow where the bird has flown And heed my words And fear the mean old bird And promise me you"ll leave her eggs alone Then a snake urn white Said boy yer mommas right There's wisdom drippin' from her forked tongue You know that bird will kill Yeah she's sharpened up her bill She likes the taste of snake when it's young Then a snake bloody red Appeared to him and said I haven't seen that crow anywhere And I bet yer jaw Is stronger than her claw And that crow's got plenty eggs to share Get on son He took the egg and turned to go yeah There he saw that crow Before his short little life he began to beg What kinda crow would I be If I let the snake go free Who dared to come and try to steal my eggs So she tore the snake apart And she ate his little heart And she threw his broken body from the tree And he heard his momma shout As his blood was spillin' out Oh sonny won't you come home to me Oh sonny won't you come home to me Oh sonny won't you come home to me