Possum time?
Dahky take up de trail.
Rahbit skirtin’ thoo de thicket,
In de barn yawd sots de quail.
Cum long de moon,
Den’s de time to chase de coon.
Bull frog an’ de turtle
In de lagoon hol’ commune.
So it’s ‘joice yo’se’ves, chillun,
Fros’ er stickin’ to de vine,
Possum an’ de coon time!
Dahky, fall in line.
Th’ow erside de banjo,
Chillun stop de fiddle whine,
Spawkin’ an’ er courtin’,
An’ yo’ dancin’ monkey shine.
Take yo’ li’l’ nippin’
An’ yo’ tase yo’ li’l’ gin,
Nebah res’ er minute
Till yo’ chased de possum in.
So it’s ‘joice yo’se’ves, chillun,
Fros’ er stickin’ to de vine,
Possum an’ de coon time!
Dahky, fall in line.
Stir up now de embahs.
Chillun shet de’ oven do’
Pine notts keep er pilin’
In de fiahplace, lots ub mo’.
Make her raise er rumpus
Kaze we gwine to hab er feas’.
Soon we’ll hab er possum
Dah er bakin’ in de grease.
So it’s ‘joice yo’se’ves, chillun,
Fros’ er stickin’ to de vine,
Possum an’ de coon time!
Dahky, fall in line.
Sno’flakes am er fallin’
An’ de breezes got er moan;
Cumin’ now de echoes
Am de lonely howlin’ tone.
Cum on wid ol’ Efram,
Chillum let us go er sail,
Chasin’ fo’ de possum
Kaze de dogs dun struck de trail.
So it’s ‘joice yo’se’ves, chillun,
Fros’ er stickin’ to de vine,
Possum an’ de coon time!
Dahky, fall in line.
Three fours to de right!
Now let er go kerwobble.
Keep up Brer Isaacs,
Fo’ de Lawd sakes quit yo’ hobble.
Ef yo’ spec’ to koch er possum,
Er yo’ spec’ to tree er coon,
Mus’ thro’ er way yo’ roomsticks,
Git yo’ jints all iled in chune.
So it’s ‘joice yo’se’ves chillun,,
Fros’ er stickin’ to de vine,
Possum an’ de coon time!
Dahky, fall in line.
Fo’ de gracious Mahstah!
Chillun, dah’s er chicken koop.
Fiddlesticks to goodness,
Doan’ dat beat er dahky troop?
Er bird dat’s in de ban’
Am sho wurf twenty in de bush;
We hain’t sho’ ub possum,
Fo’ de chicken koop! kerpush!
So it’s ‘joice yo’se’ves, chillun,
Fros’ er stickin’ to de vine,
Possum changed to chicken time,
Dahky, fall. in line.
(Elliott Blaine Henderson)
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