Big Sweet Taters in Sandy Land

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 Theme code Index    5L331 2335L
 Also known as    Big Taters in the Sandy Land, Great Big Tater in Sandy Land, Great Big Taters in Sandy Land, Sally Ann (3)
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 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
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 History    USA(Upland South), USA/Central"USA/Central" 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., USA/Ozarks/Western Tenn"USA/Ozarks/Western Tenn" 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.
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 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Jeff Titon
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 7, p. 38.
 Year of publication/Date of MS    2001
 Artist    Biography:Eck Robertson
 Title of recording    Eck Robertson Master Fiddler
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Sonyatone 201
 Year recorded    1976
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 Score   ()   


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BIG SWEET TATERS IN SANDY LAND. AKA and see "Great Big Tater(s) in Sandy Land," "Sally Ann [3]." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Kentucky, Ozark Mountains. G Major. GDgd tuning (fiddle). AABB. A traditional tune usually known as "Great Big Taters in Sandy Land" (see that listing for more), collected in the Ozarks and recorded under this title by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph for the Library of Congress in the early 1940's. Jeff Titon recorded a version in the field from the playing of Clyde Davenport (Monticello, Wayne County, Ky.) in 1990. The tune is a version of the well-known "Sally Ann [1]" and "Sail Away Ladies [1]."

Source for notated version: Clyde Davenport (Ky.) [Titon].

Printed source: Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 7, p. 38.

Recorded source: Rounder 0435, Stan Jackson - "Traditional Fiddle Music of the Ozarks" (1999). Sonyatone 201, "Eck Robertson Master Fiddler" (1976).

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