X:1
T:Polly put the Kettle on [3]
N:From the playing of Marcus Martin (1881- 1974, Swannanoa, western N.C.),
N:from a 1942 field recording by Artus Moser
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
Q:"Quick"
D:Library of Congress AFS 07886 A01, Marcus Martin (Aug., 1942)
D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/polly-put-kettle-0
D:Library of Congress
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:Gmix
A-|"*"BcdB cAGG|FDCD [_B,2F2][B,F][B,F]|DFGA GFGA|BdcA [G2B2][G2B2]|
BcdB cAGA|FDCD [_B,2F2][B,F][B,F]|DFGA GFDC|1DG2A G3:|2DG2A G4||
|:"**"GABc d3e-|f2ge f2c2|fg2a gfdf|gagf [d2f2]ef-|
fgaf- ged2|cAGA F3G-|GAGF DCB,C|D-(G[G2B2])[G4B4]:|
P:Substitution:
"*"[GA]-|[G2B2]G2[F2A2][F2A2]|DFDC _B,2[B,2F2] ||"**"[GB]A[GB]c d3e||
POLLY PUT THE KETTLE ON [3]. American, Reel (cut time). USA; western North Carolina. G Mixolydian/Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Phillips): ABB'B' (Krassen). Marcus Martin, a fiddler from Ararat, N.C., recorded the tune in Asheville in August, 1946, for field recorded Artus Moser for the Library of Congress (AFS 07955 A). The tonality shifts between modes in the tune, with the 'b' note being variously flat and natural in Martin's version. Madison County, N.C., fiddler Byard Ray (1910-1988) had his version from local fiddler Manco Sneed, who learned it from J. Dedrick Harris. Their version is more strongly mixolydian in character throughout. Byard Ray
Additional notes Source for notated version : - Manco Sneed (1885-1974), attributed to his father John Sneed (Graham County, North Carolina) [Krassen]; Marcus Martin (1881-1974, Ararat, North Carolina) [Phillips]. Martin attributed his source for the tune as James Dedrick Harris, an older fiddler who was very influential in the western North Carolina region.
Printed sources : - Krassen (Masters of Old Time Fiddling), 1983; p. 124-125. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 185.
Recorded sources : - Field Recorders' Collective FRC 502, "Marcus Martin: Recordings from the collection of Peter Hoover" (2015). Field Recorders Collective FRC 505, "Byard Ray" (2006). Christian Wig - "Chadwell's Station: Fiddling on the Frontier." Southern Folklife Collection SFC CD-100, Marcus Martin - "Whent I Get My New House Done."
See also listing at : Hear Marcus Martin play the tune at the Field Recorders' Collective [1] and at Slippery Hill [2]
Hear Martin's version played by Fletcher Bright on youtube.com [3]
Hear Byard Ray's field recording at Slippery Hill [4]
