Grandmammy Look at Uncle Sam
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Grandmammy Look at Uncle Sam", also known as<br> "Granny Look at Uncle Sam", "Grandma Take a Look at Uncle Sam" and "Run Here Granny<br> Take a Look at Uncle Sam" is an American reel in 4/4, 2/4 or cut time in<br> A Minor. The parts are played ABCC or AABBC. Some versions vary in tonality from<br> A Minor to A Dorian or A Mixolydian. This version is from John Hartford's playing.<br> Playing this cooked tune brings to mind the more regular Irish tune "The Dunmore Lasses".<br> These words are sometimes sung to the tune:<br> Run here Grandmammy, look at Uncle Sam,<br> He's soppin' all the gravy and eatin' all the ham.<br> According to Clay County, West Virginia, fiddler Wilson Douglas (1922-1999),<br> influential east Kentucky fiddler Ed Hayley (1885-1951) played this tune.<br> It was printed in Stephen F. Davis' The Devil's Box, vol. 30, No. 4, Winter 1996 and<br> Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2 (1995).<br> It was recorded by Glen Smith on Say Old Man (1990),<br> J.P. & Annadeene Fraley on Wild Rose of the Mountain (1973),<br> John Hartford on Wild Hog in the Red Brush and a Bunch of Others You Might Not Have<br> Heard (1996) and<br> Gene Goforth on Emminence Breakdown (1997).<br>
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