Hog Eye an' a 'Tater

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 Theme code Index    115L1 3b43b7bL
 Also known as    Hog Eye (2), Granny Will Your Dog Bite? (1), Fire on the Mountain, " Boating Up Sandy (3)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Dorian
 Time signature    4/4
 History    USA/Mid-Atlantic"USA/Mid-Atlantic" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Samuel Bayard
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Hill Country Tunes
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 75
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1944
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X: 1
T: 75. HOG EYE AN' A 'TATER
B: Sam Bayard, "Hill Country Tunes" 1944 #75
S: Played by Irvin Yaugher Jr, Mt Independence, PA, Oct 19 1943. As played by his great-uncle.
N: This is not the melody which accompanies the well known and often recorded sea shanty called
N: "Hog eye," nor is it the playparty song tune with a similar name known farther south (see
N: Sharp-Karpeles, "English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, II, No.250). A somewhat
N: different version, with the parts in reverse order, is in Bayard Coll., No.288, from Greene
N: County, where the title is simply "Hog Eye," and has an indecent meaning.
N:
N: In Fayette County, this tune has the following associated rhyme:
N:    I went down to Sally's house
N:    'Bout ten o'clock or later;
N:    All she had to give to me
N:    Was a hog-eye and a 'tater.
N: The rhyme accompanying the set known in Greene County is:
N:    As I was going down the street,
N:    A pretty little girl I chanced to meet;
N:    I stepped right up and kissed her sweet,
N:    And asked her for some hog-eye meat.
N: No other sets of the tune are known to the editor.
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
Z: 2010 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
F:http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/HillCountryTunes/HillCountryTunes.abc	 2011-11-12 013102 UT
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