Boil Them Cabbage Down

Intro : 
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Went up on the mountain 
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Just to give my horn a blow 
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Thought I heard my true love say 
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Yonder comes my beau 
 
Refrain 
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Boil them Cabbage down 
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Turn them hot cakes round 
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The only song that I can sing 
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Is Boil them cabbage down 
 
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Took my gal to the blacksmith shop 
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To have her mouth made small 
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She turned around a time or two 
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And swallowed shop and all 
 
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Boil them Cabbage down 
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Turn them hot cakes round 
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The only song that I can sing 
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Is Boil them cabbage down 
 
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Possum in a Simmon tree 
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Raccoon on the ground 
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Raccoon says you son-of-a-gun 
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Shake some Simmon's down 
 
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Boil them Cabbage down 
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Turn them hot cakes round 
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The only song that I can sing 
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Is Boil them cabbage down 
 
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Someone stole my old 'coon dog 
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Wish they'd bring him back 
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He chased the big hogs through the fence 
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And the little ones through the crack 
 
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Boil them Cabbage down 
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Turn them hot cakes round 
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The only song that I can sing 
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Is Boil them cabbage down 
 
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Met a possum in the road 
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Blind as he could be 
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Jumped the fence and whipped my dog 
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And bristled up at me 
 
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Boil them Cabbage down 
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Turn them hot cakes round 
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The only song that I can sing 
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Is Boil them cabbage down 
 
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Once I had an old gray mule 
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His name was Simon Slick 
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He'd roll his eyes and back his ears 
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And how that mule would kick 
 
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Boil them Cabbage down 
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Turn them hot cakes round 
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The only song that I can sing 
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Is Boil them cabbage down 
 
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How that mule would kick 
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He kicked with his dying breath 
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He shoved his hind feet down his throat 
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And kicked himself to death 
 
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Boil them Cabbage down 
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Turn them hot cakes round 
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The only song that I can sing 
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Is Boil them cabbage down