Come and listen to my 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 came a bubbling crude Oil that is black gold Texas tea [ banjo ] Well the first thing you know Jed's a millionaire Kinfolk said Jed move away from there He said that California is the place he ought to be So he loaded up the truck and they moved to Beverly Hills that is swimming pools and movie stars [ banjo ] 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 hear