Take an Old Cold 'Tater (and Wait)

Take an Old Cold 'Tater(and Wait) - "Little" Jimmy Dickens

When I was A little boy

Around the table at home

I remember very well

When Company would come

I would have to be right still

Unil the whole crowd ate

My mama always said to me

Jim take a tater and wait

Now taters never did taste good

With chicken on the plate

But I had to eat 'em just the same

That is why I look so bad

And have these puny ways

Cause I always had to

Take an old cold tater and wait

And then the preachers

They would come

To stay a while with us

I would have to slip around

And raise a little fuss

In fear that I would spill the beans

Or break a china plate

My mama always said to me

Jim take a tater and wait

Now taters never did taste good

With chicken on the plate

But I had to eat 'em just the same

That is why I look so bad

And have these puny ways

Because I always had to

Take an old cold tater and wait

Well I thought that

I would starve to death

Before my time would come

All that chicken they would eat

And just leave me the bun

The feet and neck were all that was left

Upon the china plate

It makes ya pretty darn weak

To take an old cold tater and wait

Well taters never did taste good

With chicken on the plate

But I had to eat 'em just the same

That is why I look so bad

And have these puny ways

Because I always had to

Take an old cold tater and wait