Speak No Evil

We all lived in a small town In a tumble-down shed Mumma, she was a good-good woman Worked so hard Worked her fingers to the bones Bring us kids up on her own She said - you'll see it, you'll hear it Baby don't speak no evil, baby don't speak no evil Papa, he was a good-good man And he worked so hard He said, you see it and you hear it Baby don't speak no evil, baby don't speak no evil Baby don't speak no evil, that's what he said Baby don't speak no evil, baby don't speak no evil Baby don't speak no evil, that's what he said Baby don't speak no evil So they put us through schoo-ool And kept us clothed and fed We went swimmin' in summer Rememberin' what mama said Then we moved into town Saw those people messin' around She said - you see it and you hear it Baby don't speak no evil, my baby don't speak no evil Baby don't speak no evil, that's what she said Baby don't, baby don't you see it, baby don't you hear it Baby don't you see it, don't you hear it Baby don't speak, baby don't speak Baby don't speak no evil, baby don't speak no evil That's what she said, what she said Baby don't speak no evil, baby don't speak no evil Baby don't speak no evil, that's what she said Baby don't speak, no baby don't speak Baby don't speak no evil (no e-e-evil) Baby don't speak no evil, no evil Baby don't speak no evil, baby don't speak no evil Baby don't speak no evil, that's what she said (No e-e-evil), baby don't speak no evil No, baby don't speak no evil, no evil Baby, don't speak no evil, that's what she said (fade)