Annotation:Money in Both Pockets (3)
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MONEY IN BOTH POCKETS [3]. Old-Time; Reel. USA, north Georgia. A Major. AEae tuning (fiddle). AABBCC.
Source for notated version: fiddler Liz Slade (Yorktown, New York), who learned it from a Skillet Lickers recording [Kuntz].
Printed sources: Kuntz, Private Collection.
Recorded sources: Columbia 15387-D, Charlie Bowman and His Brothers (title "Moonshiner and His Money”, a comedy routine consisting of two fiddle tunes “Money in Both Pockets” and “Boys, My Money's All Gone"). Enigma (7) – E-145 (45 RPM), The Horseflies "Money in Both Pockets/Oh Death" (1983). Homespun VD-HOP-PF01, The Freight Hoppers - "Live at the Bearsville Barn." Marimac 9059, Chirps Smith - "Midwestern Harvest" (1994). Jake Krack and Doug Van Gundy - "Two Far Gone."
See also listings at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear Lisa Alcott & Terry Dignon play the tune at Grooveshark [2]