1 Had one king, his name Lemuel. Dis some tings he tell, da same heavy kine stuff his muddah teach him fo make um come good. She wen tell um:
2 “My bebe, you lissening o wat?
3 You strong, but no go wase yoa time fooling aroun wit da wahines,
4 “No good, Lemuel, no good fo king guys wen dey go drink wine.
5 Bumbye wen dey drink, dey foget bout da rules from long time befo,
6 Good, you can go give beer to da almos mahke kine peopo.
7 Dey can suck um up,
8 “Go talk to da judge fo da peopo dat need help fo tell good kine wat dey gotta tell.
9 ‘Open yoa mout an judge da right way.
10 Da good kine wahine dat stay strong inside,
11 Da husban, he know he can trus her.
12 Cuz a her, good kine tings goin happen to him all da time,
13 She go all ova da place
14 She go out, bring back food from far place,
15 Still yet dark, wen she get up,
16 She make one plan bout wat fo do with some land she see,
17 She make ready fo go work,
18 She make shua she goin make good money
19 In one hand she get da stuff fo make da thread,
20 She put out her hands fo show her aloha
21 Wen get snow, she no need worry bout nobody inside her house,
22 She make fancy kine cova fo make da bed look nice.
23 In da place wea all da importan guys hang out,
24 She make da fancy kine linen cloth fo sell
25 Wen you look at her, you can tell awready
26 Wen she talk, she show dat she know wat fo do erytime.
27 She watch eryting dat stay go on inside her house,
28 Da kids go tell erybody, “Oua muddah,
29 He tell: “Get plenny wahines dat come strong inside,
30 Get wahines dat talk nice to you,
31 Good you guys give her plenny good stuff