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'''MONKEY ON/IN A/THE DOG CART [1].''' Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Mississippi, Missouri. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB. The tune, which is loosely related to the "Liza Jane" tune family, was recorded for the Library of Congress by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph from Ozarks Mountain fiddlers in the early 1940's. However, the tune appears to have not been associated with Ozarks fiddling prior to the Mississippi band the Leake County Revelers' recording, which seems to be the source for the tune and title. Hoyt Ming and His Pep Steppers also recorded "Monkey in the Dogcart" in the 78 RPM era, a more restrained version than the Revelers' produced.  
|f_annotation='''MONKEY ON/IN A/THE DOG CART.''' American, Reel (whole or cut time). USA; Mississippi, Missouri. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB. The tune, which is related to the "Liza Jane" tune family, was recorded for the Library of Congress by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph from Ozarks Mountains fiddlers in the early 1940's. However, the tune appears to have not been associated with Ozarks fiddling prior to the Mississippi band the Leake County Revelers' recording, which seems to be the primary source for the tune and title. The Revelers (with Wil Gilmer on fiddle) recorded the tune in 1928, the same year Huey Long hired them to play for his gubernatorial campaign (Tony Russell, '''County Music Originals''', p. 117). Hoyt Ming and His Pep Steppers also recorded "Monkey in the Dogcart" in the 78 RPM era, a more restrained version than the Revelers' produced. Ming was born in 1902 in Choctaw County, Mississippi.
[[File:leakecountyrevelers.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Leake County Revelers]]
[[File:leakecountyrevelers.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Leake County Revelers]]
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''Monkey in a dog cart, looks/dressed like a little man.''<br>
''Monkey in a dog cart, looks/dressed like a little man.''<br>
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[[File:hoytming.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Hoyt Ming and His Pep Steppers]]
[[File:hoytming.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Hoyt Ming and His Pep Steppers]]<br>
For Charlie Poole's tune by the same name, see "[[Monkey on the Dogcart (2)]]."
|f_source_for_notated_version=Wil Gilmer with the Leake County Revelers [Phillips]; Jim Herd (Sunnyside, Washington, originally from Missouri) [Williams].
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|f_printed_sources=Levenson ('''Old Time Festival Tunes for Fiddle and Mandolin'''), 2009; p. 162. Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1'''), 1994; p. 157. Stuart Williams ('''The Evergreen Fiddler vol. II'''), 2006; p. 10. 
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|f_recorded_sources=Columbia 15205-D (78 RPM), Leake County Revelers (1928). County 532, "The Leake County Revelers: 1927-1930 Recordings" (1975). Document Records DOCD 8029, "Leake County Revelers vol. ."  Voyager 340, Jim Herd - "Old Time Ozark Fiddling" (Learned from the Leake County Revelers recording. Washington fiddler Herd was originally from the Missouri Ozarks).  Northwest Folklife (cass.), Jim Herd - "Washington Traditional Fiddler's Project, vol. 1" (1993).
''Source for notated version'': Wil Gilmer with the Leake County Revelers [Phillips].
|f_see_also_listing=Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/m11.htm#Moninthd]<br>
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Hear the Leake County Revelers recording on youtube.com [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGLpCtLzLUw] and at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/monkey-dogcart]<br>
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''Printed sources'': Levenson ('''Old Time Festival Tunes for Fiddle and Mandolin'''), 2009; p. 162. Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1'''), 1994; p. 157.  
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Columbia 15205-D (78 RPM), Leake County Revelers (1928). County 532, "The Leake County Revelers: 1927-1930 Recordings" (1975). Voyager 340, Jim Herd - "Old Time Ozark Fiddling" (Learned from the Leake County Revelers recording. Herd was originally from the Missouri Ozarks).  Northwest Folklife (cass.), Jim Herd - "Washington Traditional Fiddler's Project, vol. 1" (1993).</font>
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See also listing at:<br>
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/m11.htm#Moninthd]<br>
Hear the Leake County Revelers recording on youtube.com [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGLpCtLzLUw]<br>
Hear Hoyt Ming and His Pepsteppers' version on youtube.com [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFm-qAn_LTE]<br>
Hear Hoyt Ming and His Pepsteppers' version on youtube.com [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFm-qAn_LTE]<br>
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See/hear Jim Herd play the tune on youtube.com [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbpbui54kDM] and at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/monkey-dog-cart]<br>
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Hear the tune archived at the Old Town School of Music [http://www.oldtownschool.org/fiddle/fun/monkeyinadogcart6550.mp3] [http://www.oldtownschool.org/fiddle/fun/monkeyinadogcart1681.mp3]
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MONKEY ON/IN A/THE DOG CART. American, Reel (whole or cut time). USA; Mississippi, Missouri. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB. The tune, which is related to the "Liza Jane" tune family, was recorded for the Library of Congress by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph from Ozarks Mountains fiddlers in the early 1940's. However, the tune appears to have not been associated with Ozarks fiddling prior to the Mississippi band the Leake County Revelers' recording, which seems to be the primary source for the tune and title. The Revelers (with Wil Gilmer on fiddle) recorded the tune in 1928, the same year Huey Long hired them to play for his gubernatorial campaign (Tony Russell, County Music Originals, p. 117). Hoyt Ming and His Pep Steppers also recorded "Monkey in the Dogcart" in the 78 RPM era, a more restrained version than the Revelers' produced. Ming was born in 1902 in Choctaw County, Mississippi.

Leake County Revelers



Sometimes the following ditty is sung in the second strain:

Monkey in a dog cart, dollar in his hand;
Monkey in a dog cart, looks/dressed like a little man.

Hoyt Ming and His Pep Steppers


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Wil Gilmer with the Leake County Revelers [Phillips]; Jim Herd (Sunnyside, Washington, originally from Missouri) [Williams].

Printed sources : - Levenson (Old Time Festival Tunes for Fiddle and Mandolin), 2009; p. 162. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 157. Stuart Williams (The Evergreen Fiddler vol. II), 2006; p. 10.

Recorded sources : - Columbia 15205-D (78 RPM), Leake County Revelers (1928). County 532, "The Leake County Revelers: 1927-1930 Recordings" (1975). Document Records DOCD 8029, "Leake County Revelers vol. ." Voyager 340, Jim Herd - "Old Time Ozark Fiddling" (Learned from the Leake County Revelers recording. Washington fiddler Herd was originally from the Missouri Ozarks). Northwest Folklife (cass.), Jim Herd - "Washington Traditional Fiddler's Project, vol. 1" (1993).

See also listing at :
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear the Leake County Revelers recording on youtube.com [2] and at Slippery Hill [3]
Hear Hoyt Ming and His Pepsteppers' version on youtube.com [4]
See/hear Jim Herd play the tune on youtube.com [5] and at Slippery Hill [6]
Hear the tune archived at the Old Town School of Music [7] [8]



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