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'''GREASY COAT'''. AKA and see "[[Old Greasy Coat]]." | |f_annotation='''GREASY COAT'''. AKA and see "[[Old Greasy Coat]]." American, Reel. USA, West Virginia. A Dorian: A Mixolydian (Burl Hammons). Standard (Burl Hammons) or AEae (Edden Hammons) tunings (fiddle). ABCC. There are several meanings for the term 'greasy coat.' It said to have been an old-time euphemism for a condom (although verification of this in the literature is wanting), but it has also been suggested the term refers to an unwashed fleece (i.e. still retaining the lanolin), and a Confederate soldiers coat, worn, greasy and dirty from overuse. A verse attached to the tune goes: | ||
<blockquote> | <blockquote> | ||
''Well I don't drink and I don't smoke,''<br> | ''Well I don't drink and I don't smoke,''<br> | ||
''And I don't mess with the greasy coat... '' ('wear no' is sometimes substituted for 'mess with the')<br> | ''And I don't mess with the greasy coat... '' ('wear no' is sometimes substituted for 'mess with the')<br> | ||
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
The tune was recorded from the playing of West Virginia fiddler Edden Hammons in 1947. | The tune was recorded from the playing of Webster County, West Virginia, fiddler Edden Hammons (1876-1955) in 1947, collected by Louis Chappell. | ||
|f_source_for_notated_version= Ruthie Dornfeld [Phillips]. | |||
|f_printed_sources=Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1'''), 1994; p. 102. Susan Songer with Clyde Curley ('''Portland Collection vol. 3'''), 2015; p. 85. | |||
|f_recorded_sources=Folkways FTS 31062, "Ship in the Clouds: Old Time Instrumental Music" (1978. Learned from Burl Hammons, Pocahontas County, West Virginia). Rounder 0018, Burl Hammons - "Shaking Down the Acorns" (1973). Rounder CD 1504/05, "The Hammons Family" (1998). Sound Archives SA 1, Edden Hammons Collection I (appears as "Old Greasy Coat"). | |||
|f_see_also_listing=Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/g08.htm#Greco]<br> | |||
Hear Burl Hammons recording at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/greasy-coat]<br> | |||
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Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/g08.htm#Greco]<br> | |||
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Latest revision as of 01:46, 22 April 2023
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GREASY COAT. AKA and see "Old Greasy Coat." American, Reel. USA, West Virginia. A Dorian: A Mixolydian (Burl Hammons). Standard (Burl Hammons) or AEae (Edden Hammons) tunings (fiddle). ABCC. There are several meanings for the term 'greasy coat.' It said to have been an old-time euphemism for a condom (although verification of this in the literature is wanting), but it has also been suggested the term refers to an unwashed fleece (i.e. still retaining the lanolin), and a Confederate soldiers coat, worn, greasy and dirty from overuse. A verse attached to the tune goes:
Well I don't drink and I don't smoke,
And I don't mess with the greasy coat... ('wear no' is sometimes substituted for 'mess with the')
The tune was recorded from the playing of Webster County, West Virginia, fiddler Edden Hammons (1876-1955) in 1947, collected by Louis Chappell.
