Thanks all for the input. I was aware of the Charlie Poole version, but when I heard the Uncle Dave Macon, and Coffer Brothers version, on the "Old 78's" site referenced above, I liked their's better than Poole's.

I hear now that there is a skip in the record at the beginning and that explains the roasting ears duple.

The extra words from Tom Paley are very interesting. I still hear the one phrase as "Ambelonious cheese" and the others I am cogitating over.

By the way, I've run across the Ballad Index site (referenced above) before, and I find their dates to be much more recent than one would expect. For instance, Charlie Poole's recording of "All Go Hungry Hash House" is in the late 20's, and they say its relative "The Boarding House" (couldn't find the words at their site to make a definitive comparison?!?) was only recorded in the 1940's. Does anyone else feel they are a bit conservative in this respect ?