Paw Paw Patch Revisited (Bill Thomas/Rik Thomas)

Pickin' up the pawpaws, put 'em in the basket
Pickin' up the pawpaws, put 'em in the basket
Pickin' up the pawpaws, put 'em in the basket
Way down yonder at the pawpaw patch

Get 'em by the bunch or get 'em by the dozen
Eat 'em for lunch, yeah, eat 'em with your cousin
Eat all you want, boy, you got it comin'
When you meet me over by the pawpaw patch

Pickin' up the pawpaws, put 'em in the basket
Pickin' up the pawpaws, put 'em in the basket
Pickin' up the pawpaws, put 'em in the basket
Way down yonder at the pawpaw patch

Well, you catch a trout, I'll bring a chicken
Gonna get us all a bit of that old time religion
You point 'em out I'll set to pickin
And we'll all get together at the pawpaw patch

Pickin' up the pawpaws, put 'em in the basket
Pickin' up the pawpaws, put 'em in the basket
Pickin' up the pawpaws, put 'em in the basket
Way down yonder at the pawpaw patch

A little mulligan stew, green beans, and taters
Gonna me a few of them vine-ripe tomatoes
A skip-to-my-lou, well, I'll meet you later
By the tree at the bottom of the pawpaw patch

Pickin' up the pawpaws, put 'em in the basket
Pickin' up the pawpaws, put 'em in the basket
Pickin' up the pawpaws, put 'em in the basket
Way down yonder at the pawpaw patch

Pickin' up the pawpaws, put 'em in the basket
Pickin' up the pawpaws, put 'em in the basket
Pickin' up the pawpaws, put 'em in the basket
Way down yonder at the pawpaw patch

Pickin' up the pawpaws
Pickin' up the pawpaws
Pickin' up the pawpaws put 'em in the basket
Way down yonder at the pawpaw patch
Yeah, way over yonder at the pawpaw patch
Yeah, way down yonder at the paw paw patch