I ran into this recently - how similar old English accents are to American southern accents:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rb0HPDnc8Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH37Dep0cvU
The link is about rebuilding an old sail boat by an English young man, with an accent. At point 18:55 he introduces you to a OLDE South talking Georgia Redneck.
The boat story is fabulous but the accents are out of this world!