Sweet Potato, Hoe Cake And Possum - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
SWEET POTATO, HOE CAKE AND POSSUM. Copyright, 1896, by The Keenan Publishing Company. Words and Music by Gilmore & Leonard. 
Tub Johnson lives away down South, sweet potato, hoe cake and possum; Where the alligators have such big mouths, sweet potato, hoe cake and possum; When the moon am shining bright, sweet potato, hoe cake and possum; Coons are out both day and night for sweet potato, hoe cake and possum. 
Chorus. Does you love your sweet potato, does you love your hoe cake, too; Does you love your possum, nigger? Oh, my Lord, I'd die for you. -Dance. 
Dat little thing be am so cunning, sweet potato, hoe cake and possum; Tou'd think him dead when he's only funning, sweet potato, hoe cake and possum; He lies still upon the ground, sweet potato, hoe cake and possum; When you turn your back he can't be found, sweet potato, hoe cake and possum. 
-Chorus. Every coon was seated down, sweet potato, hoe cake and possum; When dat possum passed around, sweet potato, hoe cake and possum; Niggers lips began to swell, sweet potato, hoe cake and possum; When dat possum they did smell, sweet potato, hoe cake and possum.-Chorus. 
Pop Johnson am a mighty good cook, sweet potato, hoe cake and possum; He's black as the devil, but he knows his book, sweet potato, hoe cake & possum; Hear dem coons yell with delight, sweet potato, hoe cake and possum; Dar's a hoe-cake party held to-night, sweet potato, hoe cake and possum.- Cho.