I met her down in Orangeburg and she was a queen
She's a little bit lovely she's a little bit mean
She walked in the room in a ruby dress
Across the floor with a gracefulness
She said Hi and I said Yes
She walked in the room in a ruby red dress
She's a little bit lovely she's a little bit mean
She's an angel she's a rattlesnake
Somewhere in between
The rarest bird that I'd ever seen
She's a little bit lovely and she's a little bit mean
She asked me to dance and I felt like a King
She told me I was the sweetest thing
We walked to the meadow where the honeysuckle grows
Where the jasmine blooms and the moonlight glows
We swam in the river without any clothes
We slept in the meadow where the honeysuckle grows
She's a little bit lovely she's a little bit mean
She's an angel she's a rattlesnake
Somewhere in between
The rarest bird that I'd ever seen
She's a little bit lovely she's a little bit mean
And the sun rose like fire in the cool morning air
I turned to my love
But she wasn't there
And I looked through in the pines and along the fence rail
And I called out her name to no avail
On a rock in the grass where we slept by the trail
Was a ruby red dress
And a rattlesnake tail
She's a little bit lovely she's a little bit mean
She's an angel she's a rattlesnake
Somewhere in between
The rarest bird that I'd ever seen
She's a little bit lovely she's a little bit mean
