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POLLY IN THE KITCHEN. Old-Time, Breakdown. A banjo tune played by Howard Hall of Hillsville, Carroll County, Virginia, that Mike Yates (2002) thinks reminiscent in parts of “Cotton-Eyed Joe (1).” Hall sang this verse to the melody:

Polly in the kitchen, Polly in the hall,
Polly in the kitchen, eating it all.

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Recorded sources: Musical Traditions MTCD321-2, Howard Hall (et al) – “Far on the Mountains, vols. 1 & 2” (2002).

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