Annotation:Hog Went Through the Fence Yoke and All (The)

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 HOG WENT THROUGH THE FENCE, YOKE AND ALL(, THE). Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. A Major. AEae or GDgd tuning (fiddle). AB. Source Strong was recorded by Alan and Elizabeth Lomax for the Library of Congress in 1937. Titon (2001) says that although Strong was the sole source for the tune, it is related to the widespread variants of "Cluck Old Hen (1)."  Source for notated version: Luther Strong (Hazard, Perry County, Ky., 1937) [Titon].  Printed sources: Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 62, p. 92.  Recorded sources: One Man Records, Don Pedi - "Hog Went Through the Fence Yoke and All" (1995). Yazoo 2014, Luther Strong (et al) - "The Music of Kentucky, vol. 2" (1995).  See also listing at: Hear Luther Strong's 1937 LOC version at Juneberry 78's

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