JOE:
 Keep on a-naggin',
 'n bullyraggin',
 'n criticizin',
 'n call me pizin',
 Ah ain't apologizin', no siree!
 No matter what you say, ah still suits me.
 De rag you're chewin'
 Mus' be a ruin,
 Keep right on knockin',
 Keep right on mockin',
 Mah rockin' chair ain't rockin', no siree!
 No matter what you say, ah still suits me.

QUEENIE:
 Does you ever wash the dishes?
 Does you do the things I wishes?
 Does you do dem?
 No, you don't!
 Will you do dem?
 No, you won't!
 When dere's any workin' to it
 Ah'm de one dat's gotta do it!
 When it's rainin' who's the feller
 Uses up the whole umbreller?
 Selfish as a man can be!

JOE:
 No matter what you say, ah still suits me.

QUEENIE:
 You don' make money!

JOE:
 Ah know dat, honey!
 
 QUEENIE:
 Ah never see none!

JOE:
 Ain't gonna be none,
 But dat don' worry me none, no siree!

QUEENIE: (spoken)
 Shif'less! Lifeless! No good!

JOE:
 No matter what you say, ah still suits me.
 Ah may be no good,
 No good fo' yo' good,
 Ah may be lifeless,
 But wid one wife less
 Mah life would be mo' strifeless, yes siree!
 No matter what you say, ah still suits me.

 (imitating Queenie with falsetto exaggeration)
 "Does you ever wash de dishes?
 Does you do de things ah wishes?
 Does you do dem?
 No you don't!
 Will you do dem?
 No, you won't!"

QUEENIE: (interrupting)
 Always imitatin' me
 An' always aggravation' me!
 Den in spite of ev'rything,
 'Spite of all de grief you bring,
 'Xpectin' me to love you true!
 
JOE:
 No matter what you say, ah thinks you do.
 (He reaches out and pulls her to him affectionately.
 She roars with glee)
 
 QUEENIE: (spoken)
 Ah knows ah do!
 
 
¶ Ah : I
  pizin': poison
  chew the rag : chat or argue