Hedy West recorded a similar song back in the late sixties
BROTHER EPHUS As recorded by Hedy West on "Old Times And Hard Times" (1965)
1. Brethren and sisters, one and all, Ain't you gonna hearken to the Giver's call? The Giver's call on the judgment day, Poor little Moses gone away.
CHORUS: Where you goin', Moses? - None of your business! Come here, Moses! - I ain't gonna do it! Brother Ephus got a coon and gone on, gone on, gone on. Brother Ephus got a coon and gone on, And left me barkin' up a tree.
2. Boil my coffee good and strong. Bake my hoe cakes good and done. Make up a feather bed and make it up right, 'Cause old brother Johnson's comin' here tonight. CHORUS
3. What kind of slippers do the angels wear? Golden slippers to skeet on air. They wear fine slippers and wear fine socks, And drop ev'ry nickel in the missionary's box. CHORUS
4. Some folks say a preacher won't steal, But I caught two in my watermelon field, A-preachin' and prayin' and singin' all the time, Slippin' the watermelons off the vine. CHORUS