See that watermelon, smiling through the fence How I wish that melon was mine White folks are ________ are outside the ______ That watermelon smiling on the vine Hambones and sweets and bacon am good Possum meat is very, very fine Give me, give me, oh, how I wish you would That watermelon smiling on the vine Talk about your apples your peaches and your pears Your simmons hanging on the simmon tree God bless your soul, my honey no other fruit for me But that watermelon smiling on the vine Hambones and sweets and bacon am good Possum meat is very, very fine Give me, give me, oh, how I wish you would That watermelon smiling on the vine I went to get that melon, it was on a Saturday night The moon and stars had just begun to shine When I left that farmer's field, I left it in full flight But I never left that melon on the vine Dew drops am fallin' that mellon's gonna cool Then _____ ______ ____ very fine White folks are ______ or else I got no sense To leave that watermelon smiling on the vine