way back in my flower yard.
I've got a pretty little flower,
way back in my flower yard.
Now I've got a fence built around them,
just to keep these men barred
Now you can come to see me,
Now if you're coming to see
You got the same kind of flower I got,
why do you want to bother mine?
why do you want to bother mine?
If you would tend to your own
and treat them right, Lord,
they would be just as fine.
I watered my flowers in the morning
Yes, I watered my flowers in the morning
and in the evening when the
Now, that's what the men's all sayin'
Oh Lord, I've got the sweetest little
Don't tell me how to treat my flower
Oh Lord, I've got my own way
Don't tell me how to treat my flower
I declare I've got my own way
I'm gonna treat my fly well so Lord,
in my backyard they'd be glad to stay