This was asked for in another thread. It is my attempt at a transcription. It was a real stinker to work on - worse even than trying to decipher some of Charlie Poole's mutterings. I believe most of it is in the ballpark and I have put square brackets around lines and words I am uncertain about. I look forward to suggested corrections. There are lots of Uncle Dave's songs that are worthy of a place in the DT.

Stewie.

COUNTRY HAM AND RED GRAVY

Talk about your old cow meat
Your mutton and your lamb
[Come for to see them people down shine]
They sure make good sweet ham

Oh how them darkies yell(ed)
When they heard that dinner bell
Oh how that ham meat smelled
Three miles away

[Rich] folk gone to market out
Buy'd that mutton and lamb
I'm goin' back to (the) butcher's shop
To get that good sweet ham

Oh how them [people] yelled
When they heard that dinner bell
Oh how them onions smelled
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 [folks] did yell
When they heard that dinner bell
Oh how them onions smelled
Three miles away

Talk about your red snapper fish
Hot cakes from the pan
I'm going back to farm [smoke] hogs
To get that good sweet ham

Oh how them [folks] did yell
When they heard that dinner bell
Oh how that ham meat smelled
Three miles away

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

Oh how them darkies yell(ed)
When they heard that dinner bell
Oh how them onions smelled
Three miles away

Of all the meat I ever eat
[Ain't gwine tellin' no sham]
Bake it high, stew or fry
Still it's good sweet ham

Oh how them folks did yell
When they heard that dinner bell
Oh how them onions smelled
Three miles away

Source: Uncle Dave Macon 'Country Ham and Red Gravy' Recorded 24 January 1938. Reissued on Uncle Dave Macon 'Travelin' Down the Road' County CCS-CD-115.