[Verse one: Mother Opossum & Mother Rabbit, (Children)]
Sooner or later that rabbit is gonna come home (He's comin')
I'll betcha, I'll betcha that he'll get there
You wait and see! (Will he, mama?)

[Verse two: Mother Opossum & Mother Rabbit, (Children)]
Sooner or later Br'er Fox'll be letting him go (Ooh, ooh)
I'll betcha (Ooh, ooh) Br'er Rabbit's gonna fool him
You wait and see! (You wait and see.)

[Verse three: Mother Opossum & Mother Rabbit, (Children)]
He's gonna trick ol' Br'er Fox
Get away while he talks
Matter-of-factly I don't know exactly when (Aah, aah)

[Chorus: Mother Opossum & Mother Rabbit, (Children)]
But sooner or later that rabbit is gonna come home
(Gonna come home)
He's learnt his lesson again

[Verse four: Mother Opossum & Mother Rabbit, (Children)]
He's gonna fool ol' Br'er Bear (Yeah!)
Escape from his lair (He is!)
Matter-of-factly I don't know exactly when (Sooner or later!)

[Chorus: Mother Opossum & Mother Rabbit, (Children)]
But sooner or later that rabbit is gonna come home
(Gonna come home)
He's learnt his lesson again!
[Verse five: Mother Opossum & Mother Rabbit, (Children)]
Sooner or later that rabbit is gonna come home! (He's comin')
I'll betcha, I'll betcha that he'll get there
You wait and see! (Will he, mama?)