Annotation:Big Ball in Town
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BIG BALL IN TOWN. "Roll On the Ground." American, Song Tune. The title composition was the result of The Skillet Licker's marrying of the tune "Roll(ing) on the Ground" with new words, mostly 'floating' verses. The tune was recorded by J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers, and by West Virginia string band duo the Cumberland Mountain Entertainers (Sam Caplinger & fiddler Andy Patterson {1893-1950}) in 1928 for Brunswick-Vocalion (Later the duo moved to Akron, Ohio, and formed the Dixie Harmonizers, who recorded for Gennett). Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters recorded it in 1927 for Brunswick (Brunswick 186) under the title "Roll on the Ground."
