Misc Traditional – Bile Em Cabbage (Guitar)

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[Chorus]
G                C
[tab]G                 D
Turn that hoecake brown.

    G           C
The only song I ever did sing

    G         D       G
was bile that cabbage down.
[Verse 1]
G
Went up on the mountain

G                    D
And I gave my horn a blow,

G                  C
Thought I heard my true love say,

G       D        G
'Yonder comes my beau.'
[Chorus]
G                C
Bile 'em cabbage down, boys,

G                 D
Turn that hoecake brown.

    G           C
The only song I ever did sing

    G         D       G
was bile that cabbage down.
[Verse 2]
G
Took my gal to the blacksmith shop

G                      D
To have her mouth made small,

G                   C
She turned around a time two

G             D        G
And swallowed shop and all.
[Instrumental] G G C C G G D D G G C C G D G G G G G G G G D D G G C C G D G G [Chorus]
G                C
Bile 'em cabbage down, boys,

G                 D
Turn that hoecake brown.

    G           C
The only song I ever did sing

    G         D       G
was bile that cabbage down.
[Verse 3]
G
'Possum in a 'simmon tree,

G             D
Racoon on the ground.

G                 C
Racoon says, 'You son-of-a-gun,

G           D        G
Shake some 'simmmons down!'
[Chorus]
G                C
Bile 'em cabbage down, boys,

G                 D
Turn that hoecake brown.

    G           C
The only song I ever did sing

    G         D       G
was bile that cabbage down.
[Verse 4] G. Met a 'possum in the road,
G                 D
Blind as he could be.

G                       C
He jumped the fence and licked my dog

G            D     G
And bristled up at me.
[Instrumental] G G C C G G D D G G C C G D G G G G G G G G D D G G C C G D G G [Chorus]
G                C
Bile 'em cabbage down, boys,

G                 D
Turn that hoecake brown.

    G           C
The only song I ever did sing

    G         D       G
was bile that cabbage down.