Annotation:Polecat's Den

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POLECAT'S DEN. Old-Time, Song Tune and Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. The tune is sourced to Monticello fiddler Clyde Davenport. In America, 'polecat' is another name for a skunk.

I went down to the polecat's den,
Never been there before;
Feed me out of an old slop jar,
And I ain't going back no more.
Ain't going back no more,
Ain't going back no more,
Poor boy, ain't going back no more.

Sixteen years of marriage,
Sixty more to come;
Ain't no more a married man,
Than I was before it begun.
Than I was before it begun,
Than I was before it begun, oh boy,
Than I was before it begun.

The tune is similar to the "Hop High Ladies"/"Did You Ever See the Devil Uncle Joe?" tune family.

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Recorded sources: County Records, Clyde Davenport - "Shades of Clyde." County 788, Clyde Davenport (Monticello, Ky.) - "Clydeoscope: Rare and Beautiful Tunes from the Cumberland Plateau" (1986).

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