This version from the Max Hunter collection has some lyrics I've not heard before . . .

Bile 'em Cabbage Down as sung by Sara Jo Fendley, Leslie, Arkansas on April 23, 1962

Johnson had an ole gray mule
Rode i'm into town
For he got his shoppin' done
Th buzzards had i'm down
Buzzards had 'im down
Th buzzards had 'im down
For he got his shoppin' done
Th buzzards had 'im down

Ole Eli was a rich ole man
Richer than a king
He would beat the old tin can
An' Sary Jane would sing
Bile 'em cabbage down
Bile 'em cabbage down
Only song that I can sing
Is, bile 'em cabbage down

Ole Eli had a little girl
He fetched her from th south
Hair rat so very tight
She couldn't shut 'er mouth
Bile 'em cabbage down
Bile 'em cabbage down
Th only song that I can sing
Is, bile 'em cabbage down