Watermelon on the Vine

See that watermelon (4) smiling through the 1 fence
I really wanna eat that watermelon 5 fine
1 White folks sure am foolish, They (4) haven't got a lot of 1 sense
Or they wouldn't leave that 5 melon on that 1 vine

Chorus
4 Hambone is sweet, 1 chicken is good
Rabbit is so very, very 5 fine
But 1 give me, oh give me, now 4 how I wish you 1 would
That watermelon 5 hanging on that 1 vine

You may talk about your apples, your peaches and your pears
'Simmons a-growing on the tree
But bless your heart my honey, you am the gal for me
Or they wouldn't leave it hanging on that vine

I went to get that melon, it was on one Sunday night
The stars they had just begun to shine
When I left that old man's field, I left there in a run
But I didn't leave that melon on that vine