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Thread #4566 Message #2446135
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
20-Sep-08 - 06:05 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Bile Them Cabbage Down
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bile Them Cabbage Down
Probably the origin of-
Come out of that kitchen,
Quit your hanging around.
I smell your cabbage scorching,
O, turn your damper down.
Heard in central Alabama, 1915-1916. N. I. White, 1928, American Negro Folk-Songs. Several versions.
White mentions "Cooking Dinner," Talley, 1922.
"Bake Dem Biscuits," bake 'em brown,
Bake dem biscuits 'round and round.
Also in White, coll. 1915, tune "I'll lay down my life for my Lord."