Annotation:Oh Yes Mammy Look at Sam

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OH YES, MAMMY, LOOK AT SAM. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Mississippi. A Major. AEae tuning (fiddle). The tune was recorded for the Library of Congress (AFS 02974 A4) in 1939 by Herbert Halpert from the playing of Tishomingo County, Mississippi, fiddler W.E. (Ernest) Claunch (accompanied by and Mrs. Christeen Haygood on guitar). The pair were recorded in Guntown, Mississippi. Claunch sang this ditty to the reel:

Oh yes, Mammy, look at Sam,
Eatin all his biscuit, now he's soppin' up the pan.
Never seen the like since I been born,
Old folks shuckin'

Oh, Mammy, look at Sam, eating all the meat and sopping out the pan

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See also listing at:
Hear Claunch's 1939 recording at SlipperyHill.com [1]

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