Annotation:In the Woodpile (1)
Tune properties and standard notation
IN THE WOODPILE [1]. AKA and see "Nigger in the Woodpile (1)]]," "Cotton Patch." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, north Georgia. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Dan Emmet, the famous 19th century minstrel songster, wrote a piece utilizing this title in 1845, which may have either coined the expression or merely employed it. See also related tune "Stony Point." ").
Source for notated version: The Skillet Lickers (north Georgia) [Brody].
Printed sources: Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; p. 140.
Recorded sources: County 506, The Skillet Lickers - "Old Time Tunes" (appears as "N....r in the Woodpile"). County 544, The Skillet Lickers - "Georgia Fiddle Bands, vol. 2 (appears as "The Cotton Patch"). County 724, Benny Thomasson - "Country Fiddling" (appears as "N....r in the Woodpile
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]