COUNTRY HAM AND RED GRAVY

Talk about your old cow meat,
Your mutton, and your lamb:
Come for to see them people that shine*.
They sure love good sweet ham.

Oh, how them darkies yell
When they hear that dinner bell!
Oh, how that ham meat smells
Three miles away!

Rich folk goin' to the market now (or "market house"),
Buy that mutton and lamb.
I'm goin' back to the butcher shop
To get that good sweet (or, "country") ham.

Oh, how them people yell
When they hear that dinner bell!
Oh, how them onions smell
Three miles away!

Talk about your fried chicken:
It's nothing but a sham.
If you want a real meal,
Call for country ham.

Oh, how them babies yell
When they hear that dinner bell!
Oh, how them onions smell
Three miles away!

Talk about your red snapper fish,
Hot cakes from the pan:
I'm going back to farm smokehouse
To get that good sweet (or "country") ham.

Oh, how them old ones yell
When they hear that dinner bell!
Oh, how that ham meat smells
Three miles away!

Talk about your fried chicken:
You think you're livin' easy.
That ain't nothin' to compare
With country ham and gravy.

Oh, how them darkies* yell
When they hear that dinner bell!
Oh, how them onions smell
Three miles away!

Of all the meat I ever eat
Ain't gonna tell you no sham.
Bake it high, stew, or fry.
Still it's (or "make it") good sweet ham.

Oh, how them old ones yell
When they hear that dinner bell!
Oh, how them onions smelled
Three miles away!

Recorded by Uncle Dave Macon, 1938. Reissued on Uncle Dave Macon "Travelin' Down
the Road," County CCS-CD-115, 1995.
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