Annotation:Trot along My Honey
X:1 T:Trot along My Honey N:From the playing of Howdy Forrester (1922-1987, Vernon, Tenn.) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:Stoneway Records STT-136, Howdy Forrester - "Big Howdy" (1974) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/trot-along-my-honey Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:C [Ec]-[_EB]-|:[=E2c2]AG EGAB|c2 AG EGAB|cBcG BcdB|[E6c6] [Ec]-[_EB]-| [=E2c2]AG EGAB|c2 AG ECEF|G2GA GDB,D |1C6 c-B:|2 C6|| |:cd|e2g2 edcd|ecdc AcGc|ABcA dcAG|[E6c6]cd| e2g2 edcd|ecdc AcGc| A2[d2g2][d3g3]-[eg]|[d8g8]| [dg]-[eg]-[e2g2] edcd|ecdc AcGc|ABcA dcAG|[E6c6][Ec]-[_EB]-| [=E2c2]AG EGAB|c2 AG ECEF|G2GA GDB,D |C6 :| (3EFG|A2A2B-c (3BcB|AcAG ECEG|A2A2 B-c (3BcB|ABcd [e4e4]| (3EFG A2(Bc) (3BcB|AcAG ECEF| Ee2g e2d2|c2 (3BcB A2||
TROT ALONG (MY HONEY). American, Reel (cut time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABC. The phrase "Trot along, my honey" is used in a "coon"[1] song called "Don't care if you never come back":
I don't care if you never come back,
Git a move on you, n....., do,
Lots of more coons in this here town,
So I won't grieve after you.
Lots of more n....s I can have
There's none of them half so black,
So trot along, my honey,
Because you've got no money,
I don't care if you never come back.[2]
The title for Forrester's reel may or may not have its origins in this offensive song, although it is just as plausible that 'trot along, my honey' was a once-common phrase of dismissal that found its way into both pieces.
- ↑ Some of items in the Traditional Tune Archive may contain offensive language or negative stereotypes. Such materials should be seen in the context of the time period and as a reflection of the attitudes of the time. The items are part of the historical record, and do not represent the views of the administrators of this site.
- ↑ Henry Parker Eastman, The Negro, His Origin, History and Destiny, 1905, p. 402.