Re the preacher lyrics mentioned above, an older version is from a song called Way Down Yonder in the Corn Field. I collect antique phonographs and recordings and on an Edison record from 1912, sung by a blackface minstrel group, and instead of preacher the word used is the 'N word' which if you don't know what it is, it is the bad slang for a person of African American descent. The lyrics on that recording are:

Some folks say that a (insert 'N word' here) won't steal
Chorus: Way down yonder in the corn field
But I caught a couple in my corn field.
Chorus: Way down, way down, way down yonder in the corn field
One had a bushel and the other had a hoe
Chorus: Way down yonder in the corn field
If that ain't stealin, I don't know.
Chorus: Way down, way down, way down yonder in the corn field