Cracking Them Things

Uncle Tom downtown has got a peanut stand
Women all are crazy to see the peanut man
To get to cracking them things, oh, to cracking them things
Said they really break the record
When you come to cracking them things

He sold some peanuts and he sold some pecans
Women all bought them to crack the whole night long
About cracking them things, oh, you cracking them things
Said they really break the record
When you come to cracking them things

Uncle Tom has got a cracker where he lives
You can crack them things and they cracking them still
Lord they cracking them things, oh, they cracking them things
Said they really break the record
When you come to cracking them things

The women went to the doctor, the doctor said
"Cracking them things is going to kill you dead"
They gonna crack them things, they gonna crack them things
Said they really break the record
When you come to cracking them things

"Oh, step on it"

Women tell the doctor "Ain't gonna tell you no lie"
"Cracking them things kill us, won't you let us die"
We gonna crack them things, we gonna crack them things
Said they really break the record
When you come to cracking them things

Said the men these days is getting funny in mind
They don't love you and let you take your time
And go and crack them things, oh, go to cracking them things
Said they really break the record
When you come to cracking them things

Says old Aunt Sue lived uptown
Cracking them things has done carried her down
She's still cracking them things, oh, cracking them things
Said she really break the record
When you come to cracking them things

Uncle Tom has got a stand way down in town
You know it's going to close him down
About cracking them things, oh, cracking them things
Said they really break the record
When you come to cracking them things