Annotation:Nigger in the Cotton Patch
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NIGGER IN THE COTTON PATCH. AKA and see "Cotton Patch (The)," "Nigger in the Woodpile (1)" (?). Old-Time, Breakdown. Tune mentioned in an account as having been played in a 1922 Georgia fiddling championship held in Atlanta. A "Nigger in the Cotton Patch," a version of "Sally Goodin'", was recorded by Georgia fiddler Earl Johnson and his group in 1928.
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Recorded sources: Document DOCD-8006, Earl Johnson & His Clodhoppers (reissue).