Annotation:Little Lady Goin' to the Country

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LITTLE LADY GOIN' TO THE COUNTRY. AKA and see "Sal Got a Meatskin/Sal's a Got a Meatskin." American, Reel. The favorite tune of black fiddler Uncle Whit Walker, who influenced composer W.C. Handy (W.C. Handy: Father of the Blues, 1941; p. 6). Handy said he would accompany Walker by playing 'straws' (actually, knitting needles) on the bass strings while the fiddler played the tune on the treble. The reel is member of the larger "Sally Ann" family of tunes. Lyrics to the song/tune begin:

Sally got a meat skin laid away,
Sally got a meat skin laid away;
Sally got a meat skin laid away,
To grease her wooden leg every day.

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