Big Sweet Taters in Sandy Land

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Theme code Index	5L331 2335L
Also known as	Big Taters in the Sandy Land, Great Big Tater in Sandy Land, Great Big Taters in Sandy Land, Sally Ann (3)
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of
Accidental
Mode
Time signature
History	USA(Upland South), USA(Central), USA(Ozarks/Western Tenn)
Structure
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Jeff Titon
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes
Tune and/or Page number	No. 7, p. 38.
Year of publication/Date of MS	2001
Artist	Biography:Eck Robertson
Title of recording	Eck Robertson Master Fiddler
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Sonyatone 201
Year recorded	1976
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BIG SWEET TATERS IN SANDY LAND. AKA and see "Great Big Tater(s) in Sandy Land," "Sally Ann [3]." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Kentucky, Ozark Mountains. G Major. GDgd tuning (fiddle). AABB. A traditional tune usually known as "Great Big Taters in Sandy Land" (see that listing for more), collected in the Ozarks and recorded under this title by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph for the Library of Congress in the early 1940's. Jeff Titon recorded a version in the field from the playing of Clyde Davenport (Monticello, Wayne County, Ky.) in 1990. The tune is a version of the well-known "Sally Ann [1]" and "Sail Away Ladies [1]."

Source for notated version: Clyde Davenport (Ky.) [Titon].

Printed source: Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 7, p. 38.

Recorded source: Rounder 0435, Stan Jackson - "Traditional Fiddle Music of the Ozarks" (1999). Sonyatone 201, "Eck Robertson Master Fiddler" (1976).

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