Annotation:Nigger in the Woodpile (2)
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NIGGER IN THE WOODPILE [2]. AKA and see "Miss McLeod's Reel (1)/Miss MacLeod's Reel (1)." American, Reel. USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A southwestern Pa. floating title. The north Georgia band The Skillet Lickers recorded a version of the tune usually known as "Pigtown Fling," "Wild Horse" or "Stoney Point (1)" under this title; all are cognates of the Scottish "Miss McLeod's Reel (1)."
Source for notated version: Henry Bryner (Fayette County, Pa., 1944) [Bayard].
Printed sources: Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 349E, p. 212.
Recorded sources: Document DOCD, The Skillet Lickers, vol. 4.