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The jig is mentioned in a legend related by Charles M. Skinner (1852-1907) in his book The Isle of Manhattoes and Nearby. It is essentially the same story adapted by Charlie Daniel in his song "Devil Went Down to Georgia" about a private fiddle contest between the devil and a human fiddler. In Skinner's tale the protagonist is a black fiddler named Joost, returning home from playing a wedding on Long Island. He meets a stranger along the road, with a fiddle tucked under his arm, and the two begin to play. It quickly escalates into a contest:

"Where the devil did you come from?" asked (Joost). The other smiled.
"And how did you come to know that music?" Joost pursued.
"Oh, I've known that tune for years," was the reply,. "It's called 'The Devil's joy at Sabbath Breaking."
"You're a liar!" cried the negro. The stranger bowed and burst into a roar of laughter. "A liar!" repeated Joost,--"for I made up
that music this very minute."
"Yet you notice that I could follow when you played."
"Humph! Yes, you can follow."
"And I can lead, too. Do you know the tune 'Go to the Devil and Shake Yourself?'"
"Yes; but I play second to nobody."

Joost finally bests him at dawn by playing the hymn "Now behold, at dawn of day, Pious Dutchmen sing and pray." With the concession "Well, that beats the devil" the stranger strikes his foot against a rock and disappears in an explosion.

...more at: Go to the Devil and Shake Yourself - full Score(s) and Annotations

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-|f_track=Hell Among the Yearlings.mp3
+|f_track=Go To The Devil & Shake Yourself.mp3
-|f_pdf=Hell Among the Yearlings.pdf
+|f_pdf=Go to the Devil and Shake Yourself.pdf
-|f_artwork=Singleton.jpg
+|f_artwork=Isle-of-Manhattoes-folktale.jpg
-|f_tune_name=Hell Amongst the Yearlings
+|f_tune_name=Go to the Devil and Shake Yourself
-|f_track_title=Hell_Amongst_the_Yearlings_(1)
+|f_track_title=Go_to_the_Devil_and_Shake_Yourself_(1)
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-|f_played_by=[https://soundcloud.com/theozarkhighballers The Ozark Highballers]
+|f_played_by=[https://soundcloud.com/christopher-hedge Christopher Hedge]
-|f_notes= Folk Musician Sarah Singleton Playing the Fiddle, Heater, W. Va., July, 1973.
+|f_notes= The isle of Manhattoes and nearby- Folktales: The Rival Fiddlers
-|f_caption=Several unrelated tunes in various parts of the United States carry the name "Hell Among(st) the Yearlings," so obviously a memorable title in rural communities. The title has itself aroused some speculation. It is thought by some to represent 'trouble with the cattle'-yearlings being young cattle that are bred for the first time and quite rambunctious.
+|f_caption=The jig is mentioned in a legend related by Charles M. Skinner (1852-1907) in his book The Isle of Manhattoes and Nearby: the protagonist is a black fiddler named Joost, returning home from playing a wedding on Long Island. He meets a stranger along the road, with a fiddle tucked under his arm, and the two begin to play...
-|f_source=[https://soundcloud.com/theozarkhighballers/hell-among-the-yearlings Soundcloud]
+|f_source=[https://soundcloud.com/christopher-hedge/03-go-to-the-devil-shake Soundcloud]
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-|f_article=[[Hell_Amongst_the_Yearlings_(1) | '''Hell Amongst the Yearlings''']]
+|f_article=[[Go_to_the_Devil_and_Shake_Yourself_(1) | '''Go to the Devil and Shake Yourself''']]
-Several unrelated tunes in various parts of the United States carry the name "Hell Among(st) the Yearlings," so obviously a memorable title in rural communities. The title has itself aroused some speculation. It is thought by some to represent 'trouble with the cattle'-yearlings being young cattle that are bred for the first time and quite rambunctious.
+The jig is mentioned in a legend related by Charles M. Skinner (1852-1907) in his book The Isle of Manhattoes and Nearby. It is essentially the same story adapted by Charlie Daniel in his song "Devil Went Down to Georgia" about a private fiddle contest between the devil and a human fiddler. In Skinner's tale the protagonist is a black fiddler named Joost, returning home from playing a wedding on Long Island. He meets a stranger along the road, with a fiddle tucked under his arm, and the two begin to play. It quickly escalates into a contest:
-Another interpretation hinges on 'hell' as a term for dense underbrush and thicketed country, with the title meaning that the yearlings are in the underbrush, thus making it quite a chore to round them up. Chicago musician Paul Tyler made the following comments (Fiddle-L, 5/10/04).
 <blockquote>
-''In 1939, Edgar Lee Masters (of Spoon River fame) published in Esquire an''
+''"Where the devil did you come from?" asked (Joost). The other smiled.''<br>
-''account of a visit he made with Theodore Dreiser to the home fiddler''
+''"And how did you come to know that music?" Joost pursued.''<br>
-''John Armstrong in Oakford, Illinois.  The account reappeared in Masters'''
+''"Oh, I've known that tune for years," was the reply,. "It's called 'The Devil's joy at Sabbath Breaking."''<br>
-''book The Sangamon in the Rivers of America series.  Masters grew in''
+''"You're a liar!" cried the negro. The stranger bowed and burst into a roar of laughter. "A liar!" repeated Joost,--"for I made up''<br>
-''Menard County where Armstrong lived.  The visit was made in 1916, two''
+''that music this very minute." ''<br>
-''decades before the account was published, so you have to allow for the''
+''"Yet you notice that I could follow when you played." ''<br>
-''author's creativity to have been at work on the memories.  Here's''
+''"Humph! Yes, you can follow." ''<br>
-''Masters' words of what John Armstrong had to say about Hell:''<br>
+''"And I can lead, too. Do you know the tune 'Go to the Devil and Shake Yourself?'"''<br>
-<br>
+''"Yes; but I play second to nobody." ''<br>
-''We asked for "Turkey in the Straw" again, and John played it with''
-''spirit.  Then he played "Hell Amongst the Yearlings."  "This here is''
-''called 'Hell Amongst the Yearlings.'  I don't ricollect what it was''
-''furst called; but they had a dance over at Ben Sutton's oncet, and while''
-''they was a-dancin' the cattle broke into his corn.  So ever since they''
-''have called it 'Hell Amongst the Yearlings.'" John furnished us with''
-''evidence of the manner in which tales and sayings grow up, and by that''
-''token how myths originate and flourish.''
 </blockquote>
-The first strain is generally played in nine measures instead of the usual eight, although there are exceptions (c.f. Sarah Singleton's versions). The second strain varies and is seldom similar from region to region or collection to collection.
+Joost finally bests him at dawn by playing the hymn "Now behold, at dawn of day, Pious Dutchmen sing and pray." With the concession "''Well, that beats the devil''" the stranger strikes his foot against a rock and disappears in an explosion.
 }}