A few lines from the story "According to How the Drop Falls," which contains the song quoted by Edwards, above:

".......what I been tellin' you 'bout, he got his taters in de ashes en his possum in de skillet, he sot dar en sing de song, en watch em all cook. Atter so long a time dey got done, en he pull de taters out'n de embers en push de skillet 'way fum de fier. He 'low ter hisse'f, he did, dat col' possum is better'n hot possum, dough bofe un um is good nuff fer anybody. So he say he'll des let it set dar en cool, en soak in de gravy. ......."

Sweet potatoes baked and served along side of and with the gravy of the cooked meat, are one of the great culinary treats of southern cuisine.

I wish I had recordings of a sister-in-law, once at U. North Carolina, raised on a central Georgia cotton farm, who was expert in dialects of Georgia, both black and white, who told not only many of the stories preserved in Harris' books, but others from various Georgia sources. The stories are best when heard spoken aloud.