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David M.
Nov-08-2005, 6:14pm
Anybody know 'em? I've heard someone sing them once, but don't know what they are. Just curious. Hope they aren't bawdy...

Moose
Nov-09-2005, 1:09pm
Interesting! - Didn't know the "number" had any "documented" lyrics/words. Did it?... ; are there? - Inquiring minds would like to know. Thanks. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif

David M.
Nov-09-2005, 5:16pm
Moose, I'm always surprised w/these old timey tunes 'cause most of 'em do have some kind of words. It's interesting stuff. I'd be a nice break to sing a lick or two while playing through it alot of times.

Moose
Nov-09-2005, 5:43pm
Yeah, buddy!! Not to offend any CAFE'rs, but one thing abt. "ol' timey" tunes/instrumentals that turns me off - (as if anybody cared!) - is.., 10+- fiddlers ALL play'n "Sally God'n" in UNISON - for 20+- minutes - Hey guys:Break-time!!### - Of course, other's may obtain different....mileage. Moose. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

evanreilly
Nov-09-2005, 6:10pm
I beleive on Mark O'Connor's recording there is a vocal; maybe John Cowan singing???

Jim M.
Nov-09-2005, 6:34pm
Courtesy of Fiddler's Companinion:
Fiddler's Companion (http://www.ceolas.org/tunes/fc/)

SALLY ANN [3]. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. G Major (Brody): A Major (Kuntz): D Major (Johnson). Standard. ABB (Johnson): AABB (Brody, Kuntz, Phillips). Related to "Sail Away Ladies" and "Great/Raise Big Taters in Sandy Land". John McCutcheon notes it could easily be called "Scott County's Anthem" and was Beachard Smith's (1911-1981) signature tune. Sources for notated versions: Doc Roberts (east Kentucky) [Brody]; John McCutcheon, Fred Price, Dave Brody (Kuntz); James Chancellor [Phillips].
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Sally's in the garden sifting sand,
Susie's upstairs with the hog-eyed man;
I'm a-goin home with Sally Anne,
I'm a-goin home with Sally Anne.
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Goin' to a weddin'-up Sally Anne,
Great big weddin'-up Sally Anne;
I'm a-goin' home with Sally Anne,
I'm a-goin' home with Sally Anne.
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Did you ever see a muskrat Sally Anne?
Draggin' his slick tail through the sand;
Pick it on the banjo Sally Anne,
I'm a-goin' home with Sally Anne. (Kuntz)
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Sift that meal and save the bran,
I'm going to the wedding with Sally Anne.
Shake that little foot, Sally Anne,
You're a mighty good dancer, Sally Anne. {x2} (Johnson)
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Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; pg. 245. Kuntz (Ragged but Right), 1987; pg. 344-345. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), 1994; pg. 208. Conqueror 7766 (78 RPM), Doc Roberts. Davis Unlimited 33015, Doc Roberts- "Classic Fiddle Tunes." Folk Legacy Records FSA-17, Hobart Smith - "America's Greatest Folk Instrumentalist" (appears as 2nd tune of "Banjo Group 1"). Folkways 2355, "Old Time Music at Clarence Ashley's, Vol. 1." Greenhays GR 710, John McCutcheon- "Fine Times at Our House" (1982). Kicking Mule 202, John Burke- "Fancy Pickin' and Plain Singing." Kicking Mule 205, Delaware Water Gap- "From the Rivers of Babylon to the Land of Jazz" (1978).

Dennis Schubert
Nov-09-2005, 10:13pm
The version that John Cowan sings (Mark O'Connor CD mentioned above) is a newer set of words that's grusesome & spooky -- Sally appears as the ghost of a murdered girl -- "Who's gonna dance with Sally Ann, who's gonna hold her tremblin' hand...."

Moose
Nov-10-2005, 2:11pm
THIS is very interesting AND informative! - Thanks guys!! (and my thanks to Scott T. for maintaining this GREAT "resource")- Moose. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif

picksnbits
Nov-10-2005, 4:44pm
The version that John Cowan sings (Mark O'Connor CD mentioned above) is a newer set of words that's grusesome & spooky -- Sally appears as the ghost of a murdered girl -- "Who's gonna dance with Sally Ann, who's gonna hold her tremblin' hand...."
"...When the fiddler takes the stand, Who's gonna dance with Sally Ann."

Anybody know the rest?

Jim M.
Nov-10-2005, 5:01pm
Is this it?

From mudcat.org:

With love in his heart and flowers in hand
Johnny proposed to Sally Ann
Sally shivered as she said
I'll love you 'till the day I'm dead.

Johnny got married in his one good suit
but the ride to church bore strange fruit
Down by the road you could hear her cry
as he hung from a tree; she watched him die.

Chorus:


Whose going to dance with Sally Ann,
Whose going to hold her trembling hand,
When that fiddler takes the stand,
whose going to dance with Sally Ann?

Sally tends to wait around here
looking for her Johnny dear,
You can feel them in the room
when that fiddler plays their tune.

Darkened shadows cross the floor
as ghostly lovers dance once more
When wedding bells ring in that town
a ghostly virgin strolls around.

picksnbits
Nov-10-2005, 5:21pm
I believe that's it.

David M.
Nov-14-2005, 10:07am
Yeah, buddy!! Not to offend any CAFE'rs, but one thing abt. "ol' timey" tunes/instrumentals that turns me off - (as if anybody cared!) - is.., 10+- fiddlers ALL play'n "Sally God'n" in UNISON - for 20+- minutes - Hey guys:Break-time!!### - Of course, other's may obtain different....mileage

Yeah, Moose, and what's worse is when that's happening on a tune I don't know...

otterly2k
Nov-14-2005, 10:14am
See-- and what I LIKE about Old Time sessions is that they play it enough times for me to learn the tune. In Irish sessions, they typically play something 3x through, period. Not nearly enough time to learn the tune...and then it's gone. In O.T., the tunes are usually easy enough for me to pick up "on the fly", and then enjoy playing them for a while before the group is done playing it. Then it's in my hands and I remember it next time.

Moose
Nov-14-2005, 11:06am
...but my "attention span" ain't THAT long!## -- hee... hee.. (hey David: when THAT happens just lay back, look like yer' "chop'n" hard, move fingers and look like yer' really "try'n" to git-r-done. Fake it 'till ya GET it!) - Moose.