Look Out Par Down Below - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
LOOK OUT PAR DOWN BELOW. Copyright, 1897, by Wm. B. Gray & Co. Words and music by Williams & Walker. 
Come here, Little children, and I am gwine to tell to you, 'Bout a story dat am very, very true, It was just along in possum time, when all de colored folks were trying To lay up fat and bacon 'gainst de storm. I had a possum up de tree, and de way dat rascal grinned at me, You could tell dat he knew trouble was around; But when I got up in de tree, I made a grave mistake, you see, And sawed de limb between de tree and me. 
Chorus. I hollered "Look out dar down below," Fo' something got to drop, you know; But I never least suspected, Dat I'd been the one selected, But I found out Boon's de limb let go. When I woke and looked around, I found myself upon de ground, And de possum scamp'ring to another tree: Dat my feeling was distressed, dey can hardly be expressed, I felt just like a chicken fricassee; Now, children, dat will show to you, a maxim dat am always true, To always look around before you leap: Or else you find yourself, you see, just like de possum, tree and me, And land down at de bottom in a heap. - Chorus.