"The Snouts and Ears of America" is an American quickmarch or reel in 4/4 time and D Major. The parts are played AABB. It was collected from Sarah Armstrong by Samuel Bayard on November 5, 1943. Bayard knew of no other version of this tune from any other source but thought it might possibly be a reworking of The Irish Washerwoman in 4/4 time with the order of the parts reversed. Breathnach (1976) also noted the similarity. The similarity is most noticeable in the second strain, however the tunes are not cognate and do not seem to be particularly derivative. "The Snouts and Ears" seems to be more directly derivative of the 18th century Scottish country dance East Neuk of Fife. Sarah Armstrong (1883 - 1957) contributed 37 of the 95 tunes in Hill Country Tunes making her the most prolific source. It was printed in Bayard's Hill Country Tunes (1944).