Pigs Head Wid Cabbage And Praties - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
Pigs Head Wid Cabbage and Praties. Written and sung by Sam Devere. 
Oh, it's in many far away countries I've travelled, I'm fond of good eatin' and drinkin'; And the mysteries of fancy French cooking unraveled, It's elegant, too, I be thinking. I've dined with the best of them all the world o'er, No matter whatever my state is; Sure I'll be contented with lashings galore, Of pigs' head and cabbage and praties; Oh, good pigs' head and cabbage and praties. 
Oh, in England I've dined on roast beef and plum duff, sir. In Italy on famed macaroni; In Russia on fat tallow candles, sir. In Germany I ate Dutch bologny. In China I dined on their rats and their dogs. -T Ate in-France where the cookin' so great is; -And the nearest approach to French fricasseed frogs Is pigs' and cabbage and praties; Oh, good pigs' head and cabbage and praties. 
Oh, my father nor mother before me were naither Bad lookin'. but handsome and healthy; Divil an ache or a pain ever bothered them aither. With nature's free gifts they were wealthy. They reared a big family, the Lord to be praised. And sure every one of them straight is; All rosy and hearty, and all of them raised On pigs' head and cabbage and praties; Oh, good pigs' head and cabbage and praties. 
Oh, at banquets and royal receptions quite numerous, I've feasted on rarest occasions; Where the wines were the choicest, the company most humorous. Disturbed by no plebian invasions. The viands were all of the choicest and rare. Sure I know what a fine bit of mate is, And there is no dish in the world to compare With pigs' head and cabbage and praties; Oh, good pigs' head and cabbage and praties.