Bile Dem Cabbage Down

Went up on the mountain Just to give my horn a blow
Thought I heard my true love say Yonder comes my beau

[Chorus between each verse]
Bile dem cabbage down Turn dem hoecakes round
The only song that I can sing Is bile dem cabbage down

Took my gal to the blacksmith shop To have her mouth made small
She turned around a time or two And swallowed shop and all

Possum in a 'simmon tree Raccoon on the ground
Raccoon says you son-of-a-gun Shake some 'simmons down

Someone stole my old 'coon dog Wish they'd bring him back
He chased the big hogs through the fence And the little ones through the crack

Met a possum in the road Blind as he could be
Jumped the fence and whipped my dog And bristled up at me

Once I had an old gray mule His name was Simon Slick
He'd roll his eyes and back his ears And how that mule would kick

How that mule would kick He kicked with his dying breath
He shoved his hind feet down his throat And kicked himself to death

Raccoon has a bushy tail, Possum's tail is bare,
Rabbit's got no tail at all But a little bunch of hair.

Raccoon and the possum Rackin' cross the prairie,
Raccoon ax the possum Did she want to marry?

Possum is a cunning thing, He travels in the dark,
And never thinks to curl his tail Till he hears old Rover bark.

Possum up a 'simmon tree Raccoon on the ground
Raccoon says to the possum, Won't you shake them 'simmons down?

Jaybird died with the whoopin' cough, Sparrow died with the colic.
Along come the frog with a fiddle on his back, Inquirin' his way to the frolic.