My woman signify that my blacksnake was dead My woman signify my blacksnake was dead But she never knowed it until I went to bed I want to tell everybody what a signifyin' man will do I'm gonna tell everybody what a signifyin' man will do He will come to my house and he talk about you Go to your house and talk about me But he better learn, he ain't gonna signify no more Lord, this signifyin' man, I'll tell you what it's all about He's a signifyin' man, I'll tell you what it's all about She looked down the street and seen me comin' She put that low-down rascal out I'm gonna tell you what you ought to do I'm gonna tell you what you ought to do If you don't b'lieve me you can aks everybody in my neighborhood