Annotation:Peas in the Pot
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PEAS IN THE POT. AKA and see "Piece in the Pot," "Peas in the Pod." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. Davenport knew this ditty, sung to the tune (although he played it as an instrumental):
Peas in the pot, hoecake a-bakin',
Step girls step, the day’s a breakin'.
Source for notated version: Clyde Davenport (Monticello, Wayne County, Ky.) [Phillips], learned from his father.
Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 182.
Recorded sources: Field Recorders Collective FRC-104, "Clyde Davenport, vol. 2."
See also listing:
Hear John Harrod's 1981 field recording of Clyde Davenport playing the tune at Berea Digital Archives [1], and at the Digital Library of Appalachia [2]
See Dave Bartlett's photograph of Clydy with banjo, front-porch picking [3]