Sally Goodin
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
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Had a piece of pie an' I had a piece of puddin',
An' I give it all away just to see my Sally Goodin.
Had a piece of pie an' I had a piece of puddin',
An' I give it all away just to see my Sally Goodin.
Well, I looked down the road an' I see my Sally comin',
An' I thought to my soul that I'd kill myself a-runnin'.
Well, I looked down tlle road an' I see my Sally comin',
An' I thought to my soul that I'd kill myself a-runnin'.
Love a 'tater pie an' I love an apple puddin ,
An' I love a little gal that they call Sally Goodin. (repeat 2 lines)
An' I dropped the 'tater pie an' I left the appie puddin',
But I went across the mountain to see my Sally Goodin. (repeat 2 lines)
Sally is my dooxy an' Sally is my daisy,
Sally says she hates me, I think I'm goin crazy. (repeat 2 lines)
Little dog'll bark an' the big dog'll bite you,
Little gal'Il court you an' big gal'll fight you. (repeat 2 lines)
Rainin' an' a-pourin' an' the creek's runnin' muddy,
An' I'm so dam' drunk I can't stand steady, (repeat 2 lines)
I'm goin up the mountain an' marry little Sally,
Raise corn on the hillside an' the devil in the valley. (repeat 2 lines)
"Sally Goodin", also known as "Sally Gooden", "Sally Goodwin", "Sally Goodin'",<br> "Broke-Legged Chicken", "Sallie Gooden" or "Sally Goodman is an American reel in cut time or<br> 4/4 time in A Major (most versions) or G Major (John Brown, Phillips/Davenport).<br> It is played in AEae (Eck Robertson, Hiram Stamper, Marcus Martin) or standard fiddle tunings.<br> The parts are played AB (Bayard), AAB (Phillips/Martin), AABB (Brody, Kartchner, Phillips,<br> Thede), AABB' (Phillips/Davenport), AABB’CBB’ (Beisswenger & McCann), AABBCCDD (Sweet),<br> AA'BB'CDCD (Ford), AABBCCDDEE (Phillips/Franklin) or AABB'CC'DDEE (Frets).<br> It is a widely known breakdown and play party tune in the upland South<br> but not universally known throughout the country.<br> Bayard (1981) suggests that the tunes "Sally Goodin", "Old Dan Tucker" and his Pennsylvania<br> collected "Rye Whiskey" are related "in an affinity that goes back a long while".<br> The tune was recorded for the Library of Congress by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph<br> from Ozarks Mountains fiddlers in the early 1940's. He said it was popular at play-parties<br> in the Ozarks in the 1890's.<br> Texas fiddler Eck Robertson's 1923 release of "Sally Goodin'" (backed with "Ragtime Annie")<br> was the number one country music bestseller for the year.<br> It was printed in Bayard's Dance to the Fiddle (1981),<br> Beisswenger & McCann's Ozarks Fiddle Music (2008),<br> Brody's Fiddler’s Fakebook (1983),<br> Ford's Traditional Music in America (1940),<br> Frets Magazine, "Byron Berline: The Fiddle", May 1980,<br> Kaufman's Beginning Old Time Fiddle (1977),<br> Lowinger's Bluegrass Fiddle (1974),<br> Phillips' Fiddle Case Tune Book (1989),<br> Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1 (1994),<br> Rosenbaum's Folk Visions and Voices: Traditional Music and Song in North Georgia (1989),<br> Shumway's Frontier Fiddler (1990) (miss-labeled as "Sally Johnson"),<br> Sweet's Fifer’s Delight (1965/1981) and<br> Thede's The Fiddle Book (1967).<br> It was recorded by Eck Robertson (et al) on Southern String Bands, Vol. 1 & 2 (1984),<br> Scotty Stoneman on Live in L.A. (2007),<br> Kenny Baker on Dry and Dusty (1973),<br> Clark Kessinger on The Legend of Clark Kessinger (1996) and<br> Clark Kessinger Live at Union Grove (1968),<br> Bartow Riley on Texas Hoedown (2010),<br> Sonny Miller on Virginia Breakdown (1966),<br> New Lost City Ramblers on 20 Years/Concert Performances (1978),<br> New Lost City Ramblers on Vol. 2 (1993),<br> G.B. Grayson (78 RPM) (1928),<br> Lowe Stokes on Georgia Fiddle Bands (1972),<br> Ted Boyd (et al) on Far on the Mountains, Vols. 1 & 2 (2002),<br> Thomasson, Shorty, Morris and O'Connor on A Texas Jam Session (1977),<br> Berline, Bush and O'Connor on In Concert (1977),<br> The White Brothers on Live in Sweden (1973),<br> Johnnie Lee Wills on Tulsa Swing (1978),<br> Dan Crary on Lady's Fancy (1977),<br> John Hickman on Don't Mean Maybe (1978),<br> Gene Goforth on Emminence Breakdown (1997),<br> Skip Gorman on Lonesome Prairie Love (1996),<br> Mike Seegar on Solo—Old Time Country Music (1991),<br> Bob Holt on Got a Little Home to Go to (1998),<br> Ricky Skaggs on Rounder Fiddle (1992) and<br> Mrs. Edd Presnell on Instumental Music of the Southern Appalachians (1956).<br> It is a simple tune to play. Everybody knows it. I can't remember where I picked it up.<br>
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