My partners and I are arranging Brother Ephus for performance. We hope the song(particularly the chorus) can be taken at face value as a racoon hunting song. However, it has been suggested (and we can't find a definitive source one way or the other) that the chorus concerns a runaway slave.

"Where you going, Moses?, None of your business, Come here Moses, I ain't a gonna do it" may indicate a call and response between the captor and slave.

Certainly we don't want to sing a song which we don't understand, especially when it concerns something as important as this. At his point we just don't know enough.

I'd be grateful for anyone's input, a reference, or a citation.

Thanks,

Dave