Wasp's Nest

Ray Wylie Hubbard

There's a wasp nest on my back porch, it might be a cause 
for alarm
There's a wasp nest on my back porch, it might be a cause 
for alarm
There's some holes in my screen door and the little 
critters is all a swarm

T o fix the holes, it's gonna take some hairpins and some 
wire
T o fix the holes, it's gonna take some hairpins and some 
wire
I f a wasp is to sting you, it burns like unrighteous 
hellfire

T hem goddamn wasps is good for nothin' they're lowdown 
miserable mean
Them goddamn wasps is good for nothin' they're lowdown 
miserable mean
For the time being I'll just swat at'em till them holes 
is patched up in the screen