Hog Eye an' a 'Tater
X:1 T:Hog-Eyed Man T:Hog Eye an' a 'Tater S:Luther Strong (1892-1962, Hazard, Perry County, Ky.) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel N:ADae tuning (fiddle) N:The 'c' notes are played between natural and flat, placing the N:tune in either dorian or mixolydian mode. D:Library of Congress AFS 01535 A02 (1937) F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/hog-eyed-man Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:Amix ABAG E2E2|+slide+c4 cdcA|GBAG E2A2|[M:2/4]A2 A2-| [M:C|]ABAG E2E2|+slide+c2 cdc2G2|ABAG E2DG|E2A2 A2|| ed|c2^G2 ABcd|e2 e=g e2d2|c2^G2 ABcd|[e2e2][d4e4]e[de]| [c4e4]- [ce] A [ce][de]|"*"[e4e4][e2e2][d2e2]|[ee]dcA =G2AG|E2A2A2[c2e2]|| P:Substitution "*"[e2d2][e2e2][e2e2]g2|aged c2 AG|E2 A2A2[c2e2]|
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T: 75. HOG EYE AN' A 'TATER
B: Sam Bayard, "Hill Country Tunes" 1944 #75
S: Played by Irvin Yaugher Jr, Mt Independence, PA, Oct 19 1943. As played by his great-uncle.
N: This is not the melody which accompanies the well known and often recorded sea shanty called
N: "Hog eye," nor is it the playparty song tune with a similar name known farther south (see
N: Sharp-Karpeles, "English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, II, No.250). A somewhat
N: different version, with the parts in reverse order, is in Bayard Coll., No.288, from Greene
N: County, where the title is simply "Hog Eye," and has an indecent meaning.
N:
N: In Fayette County, this tune has the following associated rhyme:
N: I went down to Sally's house
N: 'Bout ten o'clock or later;
N: All she had to give to me
N: Was a hog-eye and a 'tater.
N: The rhyme accompanying the set known in Greene County is:
N: As I was going down the street,
N: A pretty little girl I chanced to meet;
N: I stepped right up and kissed her sweet,
N: And asked her for some hog-eye meat.
N: No other sets of the tune are known to the editor.
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
Z: 2010 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
F:http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/HillCountryTunes/HillCountryTunes.abc
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