Don’t Go Reaching Across My Plate - Albert Collins

If one thing in this world
I just can't stand
Is bein' at the table wit' an I'll-mannered man
Now if he's sittin' on your left
Before you could eat a bite
He'll reach across your plate
An' you know that ain't right
Now I like to eat as well as any man
But there's some rules a fool should understand
When ya have one little helpin'
An' one extra piece of cake
I tell ev'rybody don't go reachin' across my plate
I was at a party last night at over Big Murray
Cat reached 'cross my plate
Got a coat sleeve in my gravy
I didn't say a word just looked him dead in the eye
He reached across my plate an' cut him a piece a pie
Now I don't care if he did it for a prank
I don't care if you had a drink
Especially when I'm out a-with my date
Now don't you go reachin' across my plate
At a party last week there was some high-class folks
Ev'rything on the table an' that ain't no joke
They had barbecue possum rattlesnake gravy
Chicken fried skunk an' it smelt real crazy
Ev'rything went fine but one thing made me blue
A cat reached across my plate for some armadillo3 stew
Now when you at the table you act real nice
You say pass me that or pass me the platter
But just because you hungry an' happen to come in late
Don't you go reachin' across MY plate
Pass some a-that turkey over there baby
No don't give me none of that skunk I don't want none a-that
I I beg your pardon
If this cat stop reachin' 'cross my plate I can maybe ask for somethin'
A pass me a little a-that turkey there baby
Na na na na-na-na-na
Yeah-heya
Party' nice party's nice
Yeah ah give gimme some a that chicken over there baby
Chicken fried skunk ah no