Annotation:Jack Limberlegs

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 JACK LIMBERLEGS. Old-Time, Song Tune (2/4 time, irregular measure at beginning). G Mixolydian. GDgd tuning (fiddle). One part. An American nonsense-type song, a take-off on the limberjack, a wooden doll with hinged limbs which 'dances' when place on a wooden strip that is then sprung. Lyrics to the tune go: I went to the market sell some eggs, There I spied Jack Limberlegs. Twas limber legs and limber toes, Two black eyes and a teapot nose. Old Nan Tucker son-in-law Biggest fool I ever saw. He wore his shirt outside his coat, Buttoned his britches up 'round his throat. My gran-mammy lookin' like she been sheared, 'N gran-pappy he had a great ling beard. He looked like his face was carved in stone, He looked like a goat but he had no horn. You talk about your honey but you ought to see mine, She's humpbacked, bowlegged, crippled and blind, She ain't so good lookin' but she dresses mighty fine, Maybe some day she'll be divine. I went to the market sell some eggs, There I spied Jack Limberlegs. 'Twas limber legs and liber toes, Two black eyes and a teapot nose. (Reiner & Ancik)  Source for notated version: Arthur 'Cush' Holston (Florida) via Lloyd Baldwin [Reiner & Anick].  Printed sources: Reiner & Anick (Old Time Fiddling Across America), 1989; p. 118.  Recorded sources:

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