View source for Annotation:Trot along My Honey

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|f_annotation='''TROT ALONG (MY HONEY).''' American, Reel (cut time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABC. The phrase "Trot along, my honey" is used in a "coon"<ref>Some of items in the Traditional Tune Archive may contain offensive language or negative stereotypes. Such materials should be seen in the context of the time period and as a reflection of the attitudes of the time. The items are part of the historical record, and do not represent the views of the administrators of this site.</ref> song called "Don't care if you never come back":






: ''I don't care if you never come back,''<br />''Git a move on you, n....., do,''<br />''Lots of more coons in this here town,''<br />''So I won't grieve after you.''<br />''Lots of more n....s I can have''<br />''There's none of them half so black,''<br />''So trot along, my honey,''<br />''Because you've got no money,''<br />''I don't care if you never come back.''<ref>Henry Parker Eastman, '''The Negro, His Origin, History and Destiny''', 1905, p. 402. </ref><br />
The title for Forrester's reel may or may not have its origins in this offensive song, although it is just as plausible that 'trot along, my honey' was a once-common phrase of dismissal that found its way into both pieces.
|f_source_for_notated_version=Howard Forrester [Phillips].  Forrester (1922-1987) was born in Vernon, central Tennessee, and was one of the highly regarded bluegrass and "contest" style fiddlers of the 20th century.  He also had a repertoire of old-time tunes, a legacy from the fiddling of his father, grandfather and uncle.
|f_printed_sources=Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2'''), 1995; p. 154.
|f_recorded_sources=Stoneway Records STT-136, Howdy Forrester - "Big Howdy" (1974).
|f_see_also_listing=Hear Howdy Forrester's recording at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/trot-along-my-honey]<br />Hear Patti Kusturok's version at youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02LXehFq9_E]<br />Read interviews with Howdy Forrester by Buddy Spicher ('''Devil's Box, vol. 21, No. 4''', Winter, 1987, pp. 3-14), and by Tex Logan ('''Devil's Box, vol. 31, No. 3''', Fall, 1997; pp. 4-21).<br />
|f_tune_annotation_title=https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Trot_along_My_Honey >
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