Banty Rooster Blues

I'm gonna buy me a banty, put him at my backdoor
 I'm gonna buy me a banty, put him at my backdoor
 So when he see a stranger a-comin', he'll flap his wings and crow
 What you want with a rooster, he won't crow 'fore day?
 What you want with a rooster, he won't crow 'fore day?
 What you want with a man, when he won't do nothin' he say?
 What you want with a hen won't, cackle when she lays?
 What you want with a hen won't, cackle when she lays?
 What you want with a woman, when she won't do nothin' I say?
 Ah, take my picture, hang it up in Jackson wall1
 Ah, take my picture, hang it up in Jackson wall
 Anybody asks you "What about it", tell 'em "That's all I saw"
 My hook's in the water, and my cork's on top
 My hook's in the water, and my cork's on top
 How can I lose, Lord, with the help I got
 I know my dog anywhere I hear him bark
 I know my dog anywhere I hear him bark
 I can tell my rider, if I feel her in the dark