Lighter

I think he's actually singing:

  I('d) soon(er) be a nigger than a poor white man

(this was actually my first thought but I changes my mind!)

I still can't hear caught; to me the word seems to start with p (or possibly f) plied/played?. ?played possum?

And the second time I think it's:

 &nssp; There's been mutton in the old tin pan (?bean(s) 'n' mutton?)

Possible the same the first time, it's less clear.


Mick