This is a 16-bar blues song. I wrote it mostly as a tribute to my growing up as part of the hillbilly diaspora. Don't take it too seriously. :) I made beans and cornbread yesterday, and it was a meal I had five or six times a week as a kid and into my thirties.
Beans and Cornbread
By Joyce Melton
Refrain 1:
I’d live on beans and cornbread if I could be with you
Oh, I’d live on beans and cornbread if I could be with you
Yes, I’d live on beans and cornbread if I could be with you
And your smile for my Sunday dinner too.
Verse 1:
I’d pluck the stars from the sky if you would be my love
I’ll pluck the stars from the sky if you will be my love
I plucked the stars from the sky so you will be my love
But we know I can’t reach that high above
Verse 2:
I’d build a cottage by the river where we could live as one
I’ll build a cottage by the river where we can live as one
I’ve built a cottage by the river where we can live as one
… And we’ll be together when each day is done
Skat:
Deedle-eedle-oo-pah!
(Instrumental verse)
Verse 3:
I’ll always be yours if you only would be mine
I’ll always be yours if you only will be mine
Yes, I’ll always be yours if you’ll be only mine
And we can own forever, one day at a time.
Refrain 2:
I’d live on beans and cornbread if I could be with you
I’ll live on beans and cornbread if I can be with you
I’ll live on beans and cornbread so I can be with you
And your smile for my Sunday dinner too.
Coda:
Just your smile for my Sunday dinner, too.
Copyright 2023 Joyce Melton