I've got a beggin' woman

She keep on beggin' me

She'll even try to beg

A possum out of a tree



You know she's a beggin' woman

And I can see it in her eyes

She's got a handful of gimme

And a mouthful of much obliged



She begs in the mornings

She sleeps in the afternoons

She stays up all night

To beg the man in the moon



You know she's a beggin' woman

And I can see it in her eyes

She's got a handful of gimme

And a mouthful of much obliged



She'll beg Aunt Penny

And she'll beg Uncle Jake

She'll even beg the sweetness

Out of a ginger cake



You know she's a beggin' woman

And I can see it in her eyes

She's got a handful of gimme

And a mouthful of much obliged



She'll beg the plant out of your plantation

Beg New York to a Flag Station

She'll even hang around

To beg the United Nations



You know she's a beggin' woman

And I can see it in her eyes

She's got a handful of gimme

And a mouthful of much obliged