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There are several “Sugar in the Gourd” tunes, related and unrelated. This version of “Sugar in the Gourd” is melodically related to "Turkey in the Straw," and historically predates it, the words having been printed in the 1830's (Charles Wolfe).

It was mentioned in an account authored by William Byrne describing a chance encounter with West Virginia fiddler ‘Old Sol’ Nelson during a fishing trip on the Elk River. The year was around 1880, and Sol, whom Byrne said was famous for his playing “throughout the Elk Valley from Clay Courthouse to Sutton as…the Fiddler of the Wilderness,” had brought out his fiddle after supper to entertain the company on a hunting trip (Milnes, Play of a Fiddle, 1999).

The name proved to be popular and became attached to a number of tunes in several different genres and styles; in this sense the title was a 'floater' in much the same way that popular word couplets became attached to various melodically unrelated songs.

Although there are words that are often sung to the tune, just as often it exists solely as an instrumental.

Well I'm goin' down the road and I met her on a board,
And the wind from her shoes knocked Sugar in the Gourd;
Sugar in the Gourd and the gourd upon the ground,
Well you wanna get to sugar got to break it all around.

Refrain:
Sugar in the Gourd and you can't get it out,
When you wanna get to sugar got to break it all about.

...more at: Sugar in the Gourd - full Score(s) and Annotations

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-|f_track=Larry Grogan.mp3
+|f_track=Sugar In The Gourd.mp3
-|f_pdf=Coppers and Brass.pdf
+|f_pdf=Sugar in the Gourd.pdf
-|f_artwork=Clare_Concertinas.jpg
+|f_artwork=Sherman Hammons.png
-|f_tune_name=Larry Grogan
+|f_tune_name=Sugar in the Gourd
-|f_track_title=Coppers_and_Brass_(2)
+|f_track_title=Sugar_in_the_Gourd_(1)
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-|f_played_by=[https://soundcloud.com/trad-tune-collection Fionnlagh Ballantine]
+|f_played_by=[https://soundcloud.com/hogslopstringband Hogslop String Band]
-|f_notes= Kylemore Abbey, County Galway, Connaught (Connacht), Ireland.
+|f_notes= Sherman Hammons from the series "Sugar in the Gourd," 1978, produced by West Virginia Public Broadcasting.
-|f_caption=Breathnach remarks that the tune was originally printed under the title Larry Grogan. In the liner notes for the album "Clare Concertinas: Bernard O'Sullivan and Tommy McMahon," Muiris Ó Rochain writes that County Sligo/New York fiddler Michael Coleman adapted the tune Coppers and Brass by adding a third part, the whole of which he renamed "The Humours of Ennistymon." Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin (1999) believes that travelling piper Johnny Doran popularized the tune in Clare in the 1930's and 1940's, playing it as Coppers and Brass.
+|f_caption=There are a few explanations of the meaning of the title. Formerly it has been thought that ‘sugar in the gourd' might refer to a practice of hanging sugar-filled vegetable gourds around a dance floor—to ease the friction for dancers sugar would periodically be thrown on those sections of the floor where the traffic was the heaviest.
-|f_source=[https://soundcloud.com/trad-tune-collection/jig-the-connaughtmans-rambles Soundcloud]
+|f_source=[https://soundcloud.com/hogslopstringband/sugar-in-the-gourd Soundcloud]
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-|f_article=[[Coppers_and_Brass_(2) | '''Coppers and Brass''']]
+|f_article=[[Sugar_in_the_Gourd_(1) | '''Sugar in the Gourd''']]
-Also known as (and see) - [[Bliven's Favorite]], [[Butchers of Bristol (1) (The)]], [[By Your Leave Larry Grogan]], [[County Limerick Buckhunt]], [[Finerty's Frolic]], [[Greensleeves (3)]], [[Hartigan's Fancy]], [[Humors of Ennistymon (1) (The)]], [[Humors of Milltown (2)]], Larry Grogan (1), Lasses of Melross, [[Little Fanny's Fancy]], Lynny's Favourite, [[Queen of the Rushes]], [[Waves of Tramore (The)]], Willie Clancy's, [[Groom]], Larry Grogan's (1), Lynn's Favourite, [[Pinginí is prás]], [[Cavan Lasses]], Hardigan's, The Lasses of Melrose (The), [[Paddy's the Boy]], [[Pingneacha rua agus prás]]. Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC (Breathnach): AABBCDD (Mitchell).
+There are several “Sugar in the Gourd” tunes, related and unrelated. This version of “Sugar in the Gourd” is melodically related to "[[Turkey in the Straw]]," and historically predates it, the words having been printed in the 1830's (Charles Wolfe).
-The melody is known by most traditional musicians now-a-days by the title "Humours of Ennistymon," however, pipers seem to know it better as "Coppers and Brass."
+It was mentioned in an account authored by William Byrne describing a chance encounter with West Virginia fiddler ‘Old Sol’ Nelson during a fishing trip on the Elk River. The year was around 1880, and Sol, whom Byrne said was famous for his playing “throughout the Elk Valley from Clay Courthouse to Sutton as…the Fiddler of the Wilderness,” had brought out his fiddle after supper to entertain the company on a hunting trip (Milnes, '''Play of a Fiddle''', 1999).
-Breathnach remarks that the tune was originally printed (by John Walsh before 1736 in Country Dances Book the Second) under the title "Larry Grogan," named for the County Wexford gentleman piper of the early-mid 1700's.
+The name proved to be popular and became attached to a number of tunes in several different genres and styles; in this sense the title was a 'floater' in much the same way that popular word couplets became attached to various melodically unrelated songs.
-Aird's (Selections, vol. II, c. 1790) "The Lasses of Melross" has the same first part.
+Although there are words that are often sung to the tune, just as often it exists solely as an instrumental.
+<blockquote>
-O'Neill prints versions of the tune as "Hartigan's Fancy" (a poor version, states Breathnach), "By your leave, Larry Grogan," "Little Fanny's Fancy," and "The County Limerick Buckhunt." In a later O'Neill publication (Waifs and Strays) it appears as "The Limerick Buckhunt" and "The Waves of Tramore." Joyce (1909) gives it as "Green Sleeves." See also note for "Groom."
+''Well I'm goin' down the road and I met her on a board,''<BR>
+''And the wind from her shoes knocked Sugar in the Gourd;''<BR>
-Listen to podcast ([https://www.wetootwaag.com/s7e14 s7e14]) Larry Grogan (Coppers and Brass) With Paddy Keenan and Lynn Sanders on Wetootwaag
+''Sugar in the Gourd and the gourd upon the ground,''<BR>
+''Well you wanna get to sugar got to break it all around.''<BR>
+<br>
+Refrain:<br>
+''Sugar in the Gourd and you can't get it out,''<BR>
+''When you wanna get to sugar got to break it all about.''<BR>
 }}