Pig in a Pen
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
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I got a pig at home in a pen;
Corn to feed him on,
All I need's a pretty little girl
To feed 'Em when I'm gone.
Goin' on the mountain
To sow a little cane
Raise a barrel of Sorghum
To sweeten ol' Liza Jane.
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Yonder comes that gal of mine.
How do you think I know?
I know by that gingham gown
Hanging down so low.
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Black cloud's arisin',
Surely a sign of rain.
Get your gray bonnet on
Little Liza Jane.
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Bake them biscuits, lady,
Bake 'em good n' brown.
When you get them biscuits baked
We're Alabamy bound.
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"Pig in a Pen", also known as "Pig in the Pen" or "Pig at Home in a Pen" is an<br> old-time and Bluegrass breakdown & song. A popular piece in bluegrass tradition,<br> it started as an old-time piece. Tennessee’s Fiddlin’ Arthur Smith claimed to have<br> composed it and did play it frequently on the radio, but some believe some of the<br> verses predate Smith. The chorus is very similar to "Shady Grove".<br> It was first recorded (as "Pig at Home in the Pen") in February, 1937, in Charlotte,<br> North Carolina, by Fiddlin’ Arthur Smith accompanied by Alton & Rabon Delmore<br> (recording as "The Arthur Smith Trio"). <br> It was also recorded by The Camp Creek Boys, EarnestEast & the Pine Ridge Boys,<br> Spud Gravely [1960ca] (Pig in a Pen), Smiley Hobbs on American Banjo - Tunes and Songs<br> in Scruggs Style (Pig in a Pen), Old and in the Way (with Jerry Garcia),<br> George Pegram, Bruce Molsky and a number of Bluegrass bands.<br> It was printed in Ford's Traditional Music in America (1940/1965),<br> Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes (1994),<br> Brody's Banjo Picker's Fakebook (1985), Brody's Fiddler’s Fakebook (1983) and<br> Thede's The Fiddle Book (1967).<br>
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