Little Jesse Younger was a well respected lad

Doing all he could to please his mommy and his dad

But he never planned to be the man

They said that he'd become

And somehow or another Jesse's little baby brother

Is his father's and his mother's only son

Ev'ry day the neighbors say that it's a dirty shame

The way he spat upon his family and scandalized their name

And his parents never really ever said he'd been disowned

But somehow or another now his little baby brother

Is his father's and his mother's only son

Oh, Jesse Younger you're a devil not a man

Can you dare to treat your parents so unkind?

You have selfishly refused to live your life the way they planned

And you've started going your own way and speaking your own mind.

Jesse Younger's parents wonder where it all went wrong

Now that Jesse's name has turned to ashes on their tongues

But he chose to starve asnd try to carve a future of his own

And he got his druthers because now his younger brother

Is his father's and his mother's only son.

Oh, Jesse Younger, you're a devil not a man

Can you dare to treat your parents so unkind?

You have selfishly refuysed to live your life the way they planned

And you've started going your own way and speaking your own mind.