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Thread #9197   Message #916235
Posted By: Joe_F
22-Mar-03 - 07:17 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Uncle Eph's Got the Coon
Subject: Lyr Add: UNCLE REUBEN GOT A COON
Possibly related, tho very different after the first stanza:

"UNCLE REUBEN GOT A COON"
on "Tom Glazer, Richard Dyer-Bennett Sing Olden Ballads"

REFRAIN:
Uncle Reuben got a coon, done gone, chck-a-chck,
Done gone, chck-a-chck, done gone, chck-a-chck,
Uncle Reuben got a coon, done gone, chck-a-chck,
And left me here behind.

Possum on the simmon tree, raccoon on the ground,
Possum say "Mr Raccoon, won't you shake one simmon down.

If you love me, Liza Jane, put your hand in mine.
You won't lack for no corn bread as long as the sun do shine.