Scarborough gives words and music, collected in gullah dialect, from South Carolina.

BOIL DEM CABBAGE DOWN

Wi'te folks go to chu'ch,
An' he never crack a smile;
An' nigger go to chu'ch,
An' you hear 'em laugh a mile.

Chorus
Boil dem cabbage down,
An' tu'n 'em roun' an' roun'.
Stop dat foolin', little nigger gal,
An' boil dem cabbage down!

Raccoon 'e am bushy-tail',
An' possum 'e am bare.
Raccoon 'e am bushy-tail',
But 'e ain't got none to spare.

Dorothy Scarborough, 1925, "On the Trail of Negro Folk-Songs," Songs about Animals, p. 168.