Folk & Traditional Song Lyrics www.traditionalmusic.co.uk Brother Ephus 
Brother Ephus 
Brothers and sisters one and all Ain't you gonna listen to the giver's call The giver's call on the Judgment Day Poor little Moses goin' away
 Say, where you goin', Moses None o' your business Come here, Moses I ain't a-gonna do it Brother Ephus got a coon and gone on, gone on, gone on Brother Ephus got a coon and gone on, left me barking up a tree 
Boil my coffee good and strong Bake my hoecakes good and done Make me a feather bed and make it up right Old brother Johnson coming here tonight 
Oh, what kind of slippers do the angels wear Golden slippers to skate on air They wear fine slippers and they wear fine socks Drop every nickel in the missionary's box 
Now, some folks say that a preacher won't steal But I caught two in my watermelon field The were preaching and a-praying and a-singing all the time Slipping them watermelons off the vine 
Heard first from Hedy West, probably at UCLA in 1972. Learned from a tape of one of her records. JN JN