Come and listen to a story 'bout a man named Jed Poor mountaineer barely kept his family fed Then one day, he was shooting at some food And up through the ground come a bubbling crude Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea ♪ Well, the first thing you know old Jed's a millionaire Kin folk said, "Jed move away from there" He said, "California is the place you oughta be" So he loaded up the truck and they moved to Beverly Hills that is, swimming pools, movie stars ♪ Now it's time to say goodbye to Jed and all his kin They would like to thank you folks for kindly dropping in You're all invited back again to this locality To have a heaping helping of their hospitality Beverly Hillbillies, that's what they call 'em now Nice folks, y'all come back now, y'hear?